Elemental concentration in atmospheric particulate matter: Estimation of nanoparticle contribution

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1619-1629

  Canepari, Silvia ^a   Padella, Franco ^b   Astolfi, Maria Luisa ^a   Marconi, Elisabetta ^a   Perrino, Cinzia ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Atmospheric PM; Elemental concentration; Nanoparticles; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; ATMOSPHERIC PM SAMPLES; COMBUSTION SOURCES; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL CONTENTS; INSOLUBLE PARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); WATER-SOLUBLE SPECIES;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; NANOPARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AGGREGATE; ANTIMONY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; LEAD; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIN; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84888424568     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.03.0081     Document Type: Article

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