Insights into the Chemical Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosols from Urban-Industrial and Rural Sites in South-East of Poland During Winter

Szwed Mirosław (), Kozłowski Rafał, Żukowski Witold, Mbengue Saliou, Suchánková Lenka and Prokes Roman
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Szwed Mirosław: Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
Kozłowski Rafał: Institute of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
Żukowski Witold: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland
Mbengue Saliou: Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Suchánková Lenka: Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Prokes Roman: Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2023, vol. 42, issue 3, 89-99

Abstract: This study focusses on a short-term characterisation of atmospheric aerosols from three locations in southeast of Poland with different land use characteristics, population density and sources of pollution (Katowice: urban-industrial; Strzyżowice near Lublin: rural; Kielce: urban). Twenty-four hour PM2.5 and PM10 samples were collected on the quartz filter and their chemical compositions were monitored and measured using OCEC thermo-optical analysis and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS). The highest concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 were measured at the urban-industrial area in Katowice (29.6 µg ∙ m−3 and 31.0 µg ∙ m−3, respectively), whereas the highest organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) levels were observed at the Kielce urban site (23.3 ± 4.2 µg and 3.6 ± 0.3 µg, respectively). The lowest values were obtained at the rural site for PM2.5 (10.4 ± 2.7 µg ∙ m−3) and PM10 (11.8 ± 2.7 µg ∙ m−3) and for OC (17.8 ± 1.6 µg) and EC (1.0 ± 0.1 µg). SEM-EDS analysis of samples from Kielce allows identification of internal chemical mixtures of carbon, silicon, calcium, chlorine, sodium and aluminium.

Keywords: atmospheric aerosol; elemental-organic carbon; industrial emissions; single particle mass spectrometry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.14746/quageo-2023-0025

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