Published June 2022 | Version v1
Journal article

Studying airborne trace elements in featured areas in Red River Delta and South Central Vietnam using moss biomonitoring technique and neutron activation analysis

  • 1. Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi (Viet Nam). Nhatrang Institute of Technology Research and Application
  • 2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow (Russian Federation). Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics
  • 3. Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi (Viet Nam)
  • 4. Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ha Noi (Viet Nam). Institute of Physics
  • 5. Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest - Magurele (Romania)
  • 6. Dalat University, Da Lat (Viet Nam). Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Engineering

Description

Forty-five moss samples were collected at the end of the 2019 rainy season in Hanoi capital and some other cities in Red River Delta and the south central region in Vietnam. Twenty-nine elements were determined in the moss samples by neutron activation analysis at the reactor IBR-2 in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia. Factor Analysis allowed the extraction of five main factors that characterized five expected pollution sources and estimation of the factor probability at each sampling site. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
331
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 2743-2750
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

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