Iordanidis Andreas, Buckman Jim, Triantafyllou Athanasios G, Asvesta Argyro
Department of Geotechnology and Environmental Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, Kila, Kozani, 50100, Greece.
Environ Geochem Health. 2008 Oct;30(5):391-405. doi: 10.1007/s10653-007-9124-y. Epub 2007 Oct 27.
The aim of this study was to characterise individual airborne particles collected from the Ptolemais-Kozani region (Western Macedonia), northern Greece. Throughout a 1-year period (March 2003 to February 2004), we collected several filters that captured airborne particles at seven sampling sites distributed throughout the area. The airborne particles captured on the filters were then characterised by environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). The particles were categorised as geogenic, biogenic and anthropogenic. The main anthropogenic airborne particles were fly ash (released from lignite-fired power plants) and carbonaceous (soot and char) and metalliferous (mainly iron- and copper-enriched) particulates. We present here characteristic ESEM and EDX spectra for the airborne particles and underline the presence of characteristic primary and secondary sulphates.
本研究的目的是对从希腊北部马其顿西部的托勒迈伊斯-科扎尼地区采集的单个空气传播颗粒进行表征。在一年期间(2003年3月至2004年2月),我们收集了多个过滤器,这些过滤器在分布于该地区的七个采样点捕获空气传播颗粒。然后,通过环境扫描电子显微镜(ESEM)结合能量色散X射线分析(EDX)对过滤器上捕获的空气传播颗粒进行表征。这些颗粒被分类为地质成因的、生物成因的和人为成因的。主要的人为空气传播颗粒是飞灰(由褐煤发电厂排放)、碳质颗粒(烟尘和焦炭)和含金属颗粒(主要富含铁和铜)。我们在此展示空气传播颗粒的特征性ESEM和EDX光谱,并强调特征性初级和次级硫酸盐的存在。