The present work regards the analysis of airborne pollutants emitted by an electric arc furnace steel making plant at a test site in Northern Italy and collected by conifer needles. The spatial and temporal trends of accumulation of Mn, Zn, Fe, Cr, Pb, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls dioxin revealed that the contribution from the steel making plant has never been particularly high, whereas traffic emerged as a significant pollution source. The benefits of combining bulk and single particle analysis in air pollution studies from different sources are also discussed.
A multi-analytical approach to the use of conifer needles as passive samplers of particulate matter and organic pollutants / Bertolotti, Giulia; Rada, Elena Cristina; Ragazzi, Marco; Chistè, Alessandro; Gialanella, Stefano. - In: AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH. - ISSN 1680-8584. - 14:3(2014), pp. 677-685. [10.4209/aaqr.2013.10.0308]
A multi-analytical approach to the use of conifer needles as passive samplers of particulate matter and organic pollutants
Bertolotti, Giulia;Rada, Elena Cristina;Ragazzi, Marco;Chistè, Alessandro;Gialanella, Stefano
2014-01-01
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The present work regards the analysis of airborne pollutants emitted by an electric arc furnace steel making plant at a test site in Northern Italy and collected by conifer needles. The spatial and temporal trends of accumulation of Mn, Zn, Fe, Cr, Pb, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls dioxin revealed that the contribution from the steel making plant has never been particularly high, whereas traffic emerged as a significant pollution source. The benefits of combining bulk and single particle analysis in air pollution studies from different sources are also discussed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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