Chemical characterization and source apportionment of PM2.5 in a semi-arid and petrochemical-industrialized city, Northwest China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 573, Issue , 2016, Pages 1031-1040

  Wang, Yanan ^a   Jia, Chenhui ^a   Tao, Jun ^b   Zhang, Leiming ^c   Liang, Xiaoxue ^a   Ma, Jianmin ^a,d   Gao, Hong ^a   Huang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol mass closure; Chemical composition; PM2.5; Source apportionment; Thermodynamic equilibrium model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON; COAL DUST; DUST; FACTORIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROCHEMICALS; URBAN GROWTH;

AEROSOL MASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; WATER SOLUBLE INORGANIC IONS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; COAL; ION; METAL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SEMIARID REGION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MINERAL DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; OIL INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES;

CHINA; GANSU; LANZHOU;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84984870918     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.179     Document Type: Article

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