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• Title:
  Insights into the chemical characteristics of atmospheric aerosols from urban-industrial and rural sites in south-east of Poland during winter
• Creator:
  Szwed, Mirosław;
  Kozłowski, Rafał;
  Żukowski, Witold;
  Mbengue, Saliou;
  Suchánková, Lenka;
  Prokes, Roman
• Description:
  This study focusses on a short-term characterisation of atmospheric aerosols from three locations in south- east of Poland with different land use characteristics, population density and sources of pollution (Katowice: urban-industrial; Strzyżowice near Lublin: rural; Kielce: urban). Twenty-four hour PM2.5 and PM10 samples were collected on the quartz filter and their chemical compositions were monitored and measured using OCEC thermo-optical analysis and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS). The highest concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 were measured at the urban-industrial area in Katowice (29.6 µg ∙ m−3 and 31.0 µg ∙ m−3, respectively), whereas the highest organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) levels were observed at the Kielce urban site (23.3 ± 4.2 µg and 3.6 ± 0.3 µg, respectively). The lowest values were obtained at the rural site for PM2.5 (10.4 ± 2.7 µg ∙ m−3) and PM10 (11.8 ± 2.7 µg ∙ m−3) and for OC (17.8 ± 1.6 µg) and EC (1.0 ± 0.1 µg). SEM-EDS analysis of samples from Kielce allows identification of internal chemical mixtures of carbon, silicon, calcium, chlorine, sodium and aluminium.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 MIROSŁAW SZWED, RAFAŁ KOZŁOWSKI, WITOLD ŻUKOWSKI, SALIOU MBENGUE, LENKA SUCHÁNKOVÁ, ROMAN PROKES;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
• Date:
  2023.09.15
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Recenzowany artykuł
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Quaestiones Geographicae; Vol. 42 No. 3 (2023); 89-99;
  Quaestiones Geographicae; Tom 42 Nr 3 (2023); 89-99;
  2081-6383;
  0137-477X
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/qg/article/view/39855/33645
• Subject:
  atmospheric aerosol;
  elemental-organic carbon;
  industrial emissions;
  single particle mass spectrometry
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/qg/article/view/39855
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  other