Air pollutants and the characterization of the organic content of aerosol particles in a mixed industrial/semi-rural area in central Italy
| Autor: | Donatella Pomata, Carmela Riccardi, Claudio Gariazzo, Federica Incoronato, Patrizia Di Filippo, Angelo Cecinato, Sergio Spicaglia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Pollution
media_common.quotation_subject Rome Management Monitoring Policy and Law Air pollutants Industry Cities Organic Chemicals Particle Size Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons media_common Pollutant Aerosols Air Pollutants Geography Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental engineering General Medicine Particulates Incineration Aerosol Italy Environmental chemistry Environmental science Particulate Matter Seasons Rural area Organic content Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM. 9(3) |
| ISSN: | 1464-0325 |
| Popis: | Both regulated and unregulated air pollutants were detected during an intensive seasonal sampling campaign in a mixed industrial/semi-rural area on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, at two sites located opposite a hospital waste incinerator, downwind according to the direction of the prevailing local winds. Concentrations of pollutants were significantly lower than in urban atmospheres. The composition of particulate organic material indicated a heavy biogenic impact, accompanied by a lower contribution from petroleum-related processes. Both PAH and nitro-PAH group compositions of particulates were used to assess the nature and relative importance of sources. Both sites showed that different and diffuse sources contributed to local pollution with a significant contribution from traffic, proving that the hospital waste incinerator was not the main pollution source in this area. Among unregulated compounds, a series of positional isomers of nitro-PAHs and other organic compounds associated with particulate matter were investigated. In particular, 1- and 3-nitrophenanthrene identification was carried out, and they proved to be the most abundant nitro-PAHs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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