Chemical characteristics of water-soluble ions in particulate matter in three metropolitan areas in the North China Plain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Dao, Xu ^a   Wang, Zhen ^b,c   Lv, Yibing ^a   Teng, Enjiang ^a   Zhang, Linlin ^a   Wang, Chao ^a  

^a CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTRE   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; ION; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER SOLUBLE ION; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IONS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; WATER;

EID: 84918792495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113831     Document Type: Article

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