Mass and number size distributions of particulate matter components: Comparison of an industrial site and an urban background site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 475, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-38

  Taiwo, Adewale M ^a   Beddows, David C S ^a   Shi, Zongbo ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Impactor; Particle size distribution; Steelworks; Urban background

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STEEL; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; ZINC;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; IMPACTORS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MICRO-ORIFICE UNIFORM DEPOSIT IMPACTOR; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL SPECTROMETERS; STEELWORKS; URBAN BACKGROUND;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; NITRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POINT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SPECTROMETER; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WIND;

BIRMINGHAM [BIRMINGHAM (DST)]; BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; NEATH PORT TALBOT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IMPACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEELWORKS; URBAN BACKGROUND;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; METALS; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATES;

EID: 84892158239     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.076     Document Type: Article

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