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Mobility of trace metals in urban atmospheric particulate matter from Beijing, China

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Urban Environment

Part of the book series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries ((AGSB,volume 19))

Abstract

Total suspended particles (TSP) and particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM2.5) from Beijing, China, were studied for a time period of three years (2005– 2008). Beside the total mass and the element concentrations, also the chemical fractionation and bioavailability of various elements was investigated by applying a four-step sequential extraction scheme.

Potential toxic metals like Zn, Cd, As, Pb, and Mn occurred to a high percentage in the mobile fractions and are, thus, especially harmful to the environment and exposed people due to an assumed high bioavailability. Arsenic, Pb, and Ni were even more mobile in the fine fraction (PM2.5 samples), which is of special concern with regard to human health because smaller particles are considered to be more health relevant.

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  1. Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Nina Schleicher, Stefan Norra & Doris Stüben

  2. Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Stefan Norra

  3. Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China

    Fahe Chai, Yizhen Chen & Shulan Wang

  4. Chinese University of Geosciences, Beijing, China

    Kuang Cen & Yang Yu

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Schleicher, N. et al. (2012). Mobility of trace metals in urban atmospheric particulate matter from Beijing, China. In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G. (eds) Urban Environment. Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2540-9_18

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