Published March 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Source apportionment of PM2.5 in Beijing using positive matrix factorization

  • 1. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing (China). Department of Nuclear Physics
  • 2. Beijing Institute of Occupational Medicine for Chemical Industry, Beijing (China)
  • 3. Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing (China)
  • 4. Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu (China). Department of Nuclear Engineering

Description

In order to do source apportionment of PM2.5 and source trajectories, particle induced X-ray emission and energy disperse-X ray fluorescence were used to analyze chemical composition of samples. Five major sources have been identified by using positive matrix factorization. Source trajectories have been determined by conditional probability function and the potential source contribution function. Extreme events, such as sandstorms, have been identified and traced. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
307
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 2147-2154
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

Conference

Title
10. International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry
Acronym
MARC X
Dates
12-17 Apr 2015
Place
Kailua-Kona (United States)

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