Elemental mass size distributions of atmospheric aerosol particles | ||||
| The International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 7, 7th International Conference on Chemical & Environmental Engineering, May 2014, Page 1-10 PDF (164.22 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/iccee.2014.35436 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mona Moustafa1; Amer Mohamed2; Abdel-Rahman Ahmed2; Hyam Nazmy2 | ||||
| 1Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia/Egypt Corresponding Author: (Mobile: 01229334748). | ||||
| 2Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia/Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract: Outdoor aerosol particles were characterized in industrial area of Samalut city (El- Minia/Egypt) using low pressure Berner cascade impactor as an aerosol sampler. The impactor operates at 1.7 m3/h flow rate. Seven elements were investigated including Ca, Ba, Fe, K, Cu, Mn and Pb using atomic absorption technique. The mean mass concentrations of the elements ranged from 0.42 ng/m3 (for Ba) to 89.62 ng/m3 (for Fe). The mass size distributions of the investigated elements were bi-modal log normal distribution corresponding to the accumulation and coarse modes. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Mass concentration; aerosol particles; Size distribution | ||||
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