Published January 10, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

PIXE system and its application to aerosol analysis

  • 1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  • 2. Inst. of Physics, Beijing (China)

Description

It has been shown in the last decade that PIXE (proton induced X-ray emission) is a very effective method for aerosol analysis because it has high sensitivity, can analyze many elements simultaneously, and is fast and inexpensive. A PIXE system has been established in this laboratory in 1984 for atmospheric aerosol analysis. The aerosol samples were collected from different regions, including some environmentally clean places as Tibet, the State Forest Park Zhangjiajie (Hunan province), the Great Wall station (South Pole), and some industrially developed regions in the northern part of China. The aerosol samples can be analyzed by this method for more than twenty elements. The element concentrations of the samples from different regions have been compared. 8 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Analytical Chemistry
Journal Volume
46
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 985-992.
ISSN
1061-9348
CODEN
JACTE2

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27055284
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
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Translation
Descriptors DEI
AEROSOLS; AIR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PIXE ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; FLUIDS; GASES; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; SOLS; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS

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Notes
Translated from Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii; 46: No. 7, 1352-1356(Jul 1991).