Chemical Characterization of Airborne Particulate Matter in Ambient Air of Nagoya, Japan, as Studied by the Multielement Determination with ICP-AES and ICP-MS

• FUKAI Taku

  Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

• KOBAYASHI Tatsuya

  Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

• SAKAGUCHI Masahiro

  Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

• AOKI Masanori

  Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

• SAITO Tsuyoshi

  Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

• FUJIMORI Eiji

  Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

• HARAGUCHI Hiroki

  Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

Abstract

The multielement determination of PM₁₀ (airborne particulate matter smaller than 10 µm) samples, which was collected by a high volume air sampler at the urban site of Nagoya City, was carried out by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The present analytical method was validated by analyzing urban particulate matter standard reference material of NIST SRM 1648. The analytical data for ca. 30 elements in PM₁₀ samples collected during a period from 8 September to 9 October, 2003, were obtained in the concentration range from sub-µg g^-1 to several-10 mg g^-1, but the data for 18 elements among ca. 30 elements were available for the characterization of PM₁₀ samples in ambient air, because of problems caused by the filter blanks. Then, the trends concerning the distributions of diverse elements in PM₁₀ samples were analyzed based on the enrichment factors and size distribution factors. The lithophile and siderophile elements were distributed more than 50% in coarse particle fraction (>2.1 µm), which was derived mainly from natural sources, such as soils and crustal minerals. On the other hand, chalcophile elements were distributed more than 50% in fine particle fraction (<2.1 µm), which was derived mostly from anthropogenic emission sources. The large enrichment of chalcophile elements in PM₁₀ samples as well as their mining influence factors (MIFs) suggested their wide use in industrial productions.

Journal

• Analytical Sciences

  Analytical Sciences 23 (2), 207-213, 2007

  The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

Keywords

• Analytical Chemistry

Details

• CRID: 1390001204258474496
• NII Article ID: 10018497719
• NII Book ID: AA10500785
• DOI: 10.2116/analsci.23.207
• ISSN: 13482246
• ISSN: 09106340
• NDL BIB ID: 8628884
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8628884
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• Text Lang: en
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