| IBA methods for characterisation of fine particulate atmospheric pollution | | David D. Cohen *, Ed Stelcer, Olga Hawas, David Garton
presentated at the IAEA/RCA Executive Meeting on Air Pollution
5-7 April 2005, Sydney, Australia |
Abstract
The IBA techniques of PIXE, PIGE, RBS and PESA have been used simultaneously to analyse fine particle pollution collected on Teflon filters. This provided a suite of 23 elements from hydrogen to lead which can be used to characterisation and fingerprint pollution sources and estimate their contributions to the total mass loading. These methods have been demonstrated to be applicable for aerosol pollution studies on a local, regional and even globe scale on time frames from a few days to decades.
IBA; PIXE; PIGE; RBS; PESA; Fine particle characterisation; Air pollution; ACE Asia; |
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