Chemical and micromorphological properties of TSP and PM 10 particles: Case study in Bucharest urban area

Elena Alina Olaru; Zvi Y. Offer; Florin Ruta; Ion Udrea

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Chemical and micromorphological properties of TSP and PM ₁₀ particles: Case study in Bucharest urban area

Elena Alina Olaru, Zvi Y. Offer, Florin Ruta, Ion Udrea

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Abstract

The purpose of this work was to determine some aspects of micromorphology of total suspended particles (TSP) and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤10 μm (PM ₁₀) and their major elemental components in order to highlight the main characteristics of the atmospheric particles from an urban environment, having a case study in the urban area of Bucharest. The sampling of PM ₁₀ and TSP were conducted in the close vicinity of a high traffic road for 72 h per sample and also priority pollutants in air: Pb and Cd were quantified and correlations between their concentrations and local wind directions were also found. The parameters characterizing the micromorphology of particle-roughness of the particle surface and area of particle-were correlated with wind direction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4737-4745
Number of pages	9
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume	184
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-011-2298-x
State	Published - 1 Aug 2012

Keywords

Cd
Elongation of the particle
PM
Pb
Roughness of the particle surface
TSP

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General Environmental Science
Pollution
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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