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Source Apportionment and Chemical Characterization of Trace E ...
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- Title: Source Apportionment and Chemical Characterization of Trace Elements in Aerosols at Kolhapur City
- Author(s): Atul Ayare, G. Srinikethan
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Climate Change: Impacts and Responses
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses
- Keywords: Aerosols, Source Apportionment, Trace Elements, Receptor Modeling, Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF 3.0)
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 1
- Date: August 17, 2010
- ISSN: 1835-7156 (Print)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v02i01/37304
- Citation: Ayare, Atul, and G. Srinikethan. 2010. "Source Apportionment and Chemical Characterization of Trace Elements in Aerosols at Kolhapur City." The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 2 (1): 65-86. doi:10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v02i01/37304.
- Extent: 22 pages
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Abstract
Aerosols were collected using a High Volume Sampler (HVS) during September 2008 – June 2009 at Kolhapur city in Maharashtra, India, a location downwind of industrial cluster of Gokul Shirgaon and shiroli. The trace elements like Copper (Cu), Ferrous (Fe), Cadmium (Cd), Zinc (Zn), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni) and Lead (Pb) etc. were analyzed by acid digestion thereby chemical characterization using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer & the sources were identified using a receptor model like US EPA Positive Matrix Factorization. This research paper describes the results achieved by chemical characterization and thereby source apportionment of aerosols and contribution of each trace element to the respective sources and also, covers the details on source apportionment methodology and resources for conducting an experiment.
