Elemental composition of PM 2.5 particles sampled in industrial and residential areas of Taif, Saudi Arabia

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1356-1364

  Shaltout, Abdallah A ^a,b   Boman, Johan ^c   Al Malawi, Dhaif Allah R ^a   Shehadeh, Zuhair F ^a  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; EDXRF; Metals; Pm2.5; Trace element determination

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES; EDXRF; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; QUANTITATIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-BACKGROUND RATIO; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION; TRACE ELEMENT DETERMINATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HOUSING; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; NICKEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM;

PROMETHIUM;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FILTER; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE; TRACE ELEMENT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84880602443     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.11.0320     Document Type: Article

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