Trace Elements Speciation of Submicron Particulate Matter (PM1) Collected in the Surroundings of Power Plants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15470228 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elwira Zajusz-Zubek (0000-0001-8817-2058, Silesian University of Technology, corresponding author), Konrad Kaczmarek (0000-0002-1010-3666, Silesian University of Technology), Anna Mainka (0000-0002-2499-1764, Silesian University of Technology) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 13085-13103 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph121013085 |
| PMID | 26501310 |
| OpenAlex | W1844071536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 48 |
This study reports the concentrations of PM1 trace elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb and Se) content in highly mobile (F1), mobile (F2), less mobile (F3) and not mobile (F4) fractions in samples that were collected in the surroundings of power plants in southern Poland. It also reports source identification by enrichment factors (EF) and a principal component analysis (PCA). There is limited availability of scientific data concerning the chemical composition of dust, including fractionation analyses of trace elements, in the surroundings of power plants. The present study offers important results in order to fill this data gap. The data collected in this study can be utilized to validate air quality models in this rapidly developing area. They are also crucial for comparisons with datasets from similar areas all over the world. Moreover, the identification of the bioavailability of selected carcinogenic and toxic elements in the future might be used as output data for potential biological and population research on risk assessment. This is important in the context of air pollution being hazardous to human health
Air pollution · Air quality index · Bioavailability · Biology · Contamination · Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Geography · Human health · Meteorology · Particulates · Population · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Heavy metals in environment · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |