The particulate matter (PM) concentration and composition, the PM10, PM2.5, PM1 fractions, were studied in the urban area of Genoa, a coastal town in the northwest of Italy. Two instruments, the continuous monitor TEOM and the sequential sampler PARTISOL, were operated almost continuously on the same site from July 2001 to September 2004. Samples collected by PARTISOL were weighted to obtain PM concentration and then analysed by PIXE (particle induced X-ray emission) and by ED-XRF (energy dispersion X-ray fluorescence), obtaining concentrations for elements from Na to Pb. Some of the filters used in the TEOM microbalance were analysed by ED-XRF to calculate Pb concentration values averaged over 7–30 d periods.

Elemental characterization of PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 in the town of Genoa (Italy) / V. ARIOLA, A. D'ALESSANDRO, F. LUCARELLI, G. MARCAZZAN, F. MAZZEI, S. NAVA, I. GARCIA-ORELLANA, P. PRATI, G. VALLI, R. VECCHI, A. ZUCCHIATTI. - In: CHEMOSPHERE. - ISSN 0045-6535. - 62:2(2006), pp. 226-232.

Elemental characterization of PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 in the town of Genoa (Italy)

G. MARCAZZAN;G. VALLI;R. VECCHI
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The particulate matter (PM) concentration and composition, the PM10, PM2.5, PM1 fractions, were studied in the urban area of Genoa, a coastal town in the northwest of Italy. Two instruments, the continuous monitor TEOM and the sequential sampler PARTISOL, were operated almost continuously on the same site from July 2001 to September 2004. Samples collected by PARTISOL were weighted to obtain PM concentration and then analysed by PIXE (particle induced X-ray emission) and by ED-XRF (energy dispersion X-ray fluorescence), obtaining concentrations for elements from Na to Pb. Some of the filters used in the TEOM microbalance were analysed by ED-XRF to calculate Pb concentration values averaged over 7–30 d periods.
PM1; PM2.5; PM10; Elemental composition; PIXE; XRF; TEOM
Settore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali, Ambientali, Biol.e Medicin)
2006
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