PMID: 19927829Nov 26, 2009Paper

Size distribution characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of PM10 in foggy days in the north suburb of Nanjing

Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue
Shu-Xian FanHong-Shuang Li

Abstract

Based on meteorological data and aerosol samples from Nov.15 to Dec.30,2007 in the north suburb of Nanjing, size distribution characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in PM10 in foggy and sunny days were studied, and the concentrations of 16 PAHs were analyzed by gas chromatography with mass selective detection (GC-MS). The average concentrations of aerosols in the night (PM2.1 : 120.34 microg x m(-3; PM10 : 215.92 microg*m(-3) are close to those in the daytime (PM2.1 : 26.76 microg.m(-3); PM9.0 : 213.41 microg x m(-3)) in foggy days. The average concentrations of aerosols are higher in the night (PM2.1 : 71.45 microg x m(-3); PM9.0 : 114.33 microg x m(-3)) than those in the daytime (PM2.1 : 41.02 microg x m(-3); PM9.0 : 74.38 microg x m(-3)) in fine days. And we also find that the total concentrations of 16 PAHs in PM2.1 (49.97 ng x m(-3)) and PM9.0 (59.45 ng x m(-3)) in foggy days are 1.50 and 1.46 times of those (PM2.1 : 33.30 ng x m(-3); PM9.0 : 40.80 ng x m(-3)) in fine days separately. The average maximum concentrations of individual PAHs are fluoranthene, which are higher (PM2.1 : 7.98 ng x m(-3); PM9.0 : 9.99 ng x m(-3)) in foggy days than those (PM2.5 : 5.23 ng x m(-3); PM9.0 : 6.77 ng x m(-3)) in fin...Continue Reading

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