Source apportionment of single particles sampled at the industrially polluted town of Port Talbot, United Kingdom by ATOFMS

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-165

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ATOFMS; ME 2; Single particle; Source contribution; Steelworks; Wind sector

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACES; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COKE MANUFACTURE; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATES; SINTERING; STEEL; STEEL CONSTRUCTION;

ATOFMS; ME-2; SINGLE PARTICLE; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; STEELWORKS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; SILICATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CARBON; DATA SET; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POINT SOURCE;

AEROSOL TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; FURNACE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PARTICLE SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84905853413     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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