Ionic and heavy metal composition of respirable particulate in Madurai, India Export

@article{bhaskarEMA2009, abstract = {Abstract  Airborne particulate matter (PM10) was collected for a period of 1 year at six locations in Madurai city, India. The chemical analyses on PM10 samples were carried out for the estimation of heavy metals and ions using atomic absorption spectroscopy and ion chromatography respectively. The average PM10 concentrations varied from 97.2 to 152.5 μg/m3, which were found to be below the Indian air quality standards. While industrial areas had the highest concentrations of heavy metals such as Fe, Zn and Cr and also the ions, traffic areas with relatively higher traffic densities in the city endured highest concentrations of Cd and the ion. As gaseous pollutants serve as precursors of ionic particles in the atmospheric environment, gaseous pollution control is necessitated along with particulate with special reference to heavy metal and ion pollution abatement for the sustainable development of Madurai city.}, author = {Bhaskar, B. Vijay and Rajasekhar, R. Jeba and Muthusubramanian, P. and Kesarkar, Amit}, citeulike-article-id = {4405399}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-0895-8}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/518815q706v33236}, doi = {10.1007/s10661-009-0895-8}, journal = {Environmental Monitoring and Assessment}, keywords = {madurai, pm10}, posted-at = {2009-11-05 04:27:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Ionic and heavy metal composition of respirable particulate in Madurai, India}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-0895-8}, volume = {In Press}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - bhaskarEMA2009 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4405399 N2 - Abstract  Airborne particulate matter (PM10) was collected for a period of 1 year at six locations in Madurai city, India. The chemical analyses on PM10 samples were carried out for the estimation of heavy metals and ions using atomic absorption spectroscopy and ion chromatography respectively. The average PM10 concentrations varied from 97.2 to 152.5 μg/m3, which were found to be below the Indian air quality standards. While industrial areas had the highest concentrations of heavy metals such as Fe, Zn and Cr and also the ions, traffic areas with relatively higher traffic densities in the city endured highest concentrations of Cd and the ion. As gaseous pollutants serve as precursors of ionic particles in the atmospheric environment, gaseous pollution control is necessitated along with particulate with special reference to heavy metal and ion pollution abatement for the sustainable development of Madurai city. JF - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment TI - Ionic and heavy metal composition of respirable particulate in Madurai, India VL - In Press KW - madurai KW - pm10 AU - Bhaskar, Vijay AU - Rajasekhar, Jeba AU - Muthusubramanian, P AU - Kesarkar, Amit PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-0895-8 ER -