The Analysis of Water-Soluble Ions and Inorganic Elements in Atmospheric Particulates, Chancheng, Foshan, China

Abstract:

This paper investigated the concentrations of the water-soluble ions (e.g. SO₄^2-, NO^3- )and the inorganic elements in the atmospheric particulate, Chancheng, Foshan, China. The samples were collected on the roof of Liangtang Urban Air Automatic Monitoring Station, Chancheng, Foshan, in September and December, 2009. The NO^3-/SO₄^2- ratios of the PM₁₀ in September and December are 0.20 and 0.62 respectively, but these of the PM_2.5 in September and December are 0.14 and 0.36, respectively. It is clearly that the air pollution in Chancheng, Foshan is mainly from stationary source. The concentrations of the PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ in September are great lower than these in December. The concentrations of SO₄^2- in atmospheric particulate, Chancheng, Foshan were nearly same for September and December, but the concentration of NO^3- in September is considerable lower than that of December. It probably related to the weather conditions in September e.g. high temperature, high humidity and strong solar radiation, those are conducive to the photochemical reaction of SO₂ to form SO4^2-, also conducive to the volatilization of the NO^3-. The percentages of Ca, Al, Fe, K in the inorganic elements of atmospheric particulate ranged from 10 wt% to 20 wt%, so these elements were the major components of the atmospheric particulate. The results showed that the enrichment factors of Cu, Pb, Zn in atmospheric particulates, Chancheng, Foshan were >50, indicating highly enrichment and pollution level V.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 281)
• Pages: 215-222
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.281.215
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Yong Hong Liu, Wu Ying Zhang, Wei Jia Xu, Cheng Wang, Qian Ru Zhu
• Keywords: Atmospheric Particulates, Enrichment Factor Method, Inorganic Elements, Water-Soluble Inorganic Ion

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