The composition of PM1 and PM2.5 samples, metals and their water soluble fractions in the Bologna area (Italy)

Developmental Biology

Monica Ascanelli²  Monica Trombini²  Maurizio Remelli³  Mauro Rossi¹  Elena Sarti³  Antonella Pagnoni³  Luisa Pasti³ 

[1] Regional Agency for Prevention and Environment ARPA-Emilia-Romagna, Rimini, 47923, Italy$$;Regional Agency for Prevention and Environment ARPA-Emilia-Romagna, Ferrara, 44123, Italy$$;Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, Ferrara, 44121, Italy$$

关键词: PM2.5;    PM1;    water soluble metals;    air quality;    waste incinerator;   

DOI  :  10.5094/APR.2015.079

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Dokuz Eylul Universitesi * Department of Environmental Engineering

【 摘 要 】

In this study the metal composition of PM₁ and PM_2.5 samples collected in the surroundings of a municipal incinerator located in a suburban–farming area, less than 10 km away from Northeast of Bologna (Italy) was investigated. Seven out of eight monitoring stations were installed in a domain of 8x9 km² around the incinerator plant; the eighth station was placed inside the urban area of Bologna. The coordinates of four monitoring stations were selected on the basis of a preliminary study by using a dispersion model. Eleven metals (Al, Sb, As, Cd, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Cu, V, Zn) were quantified in both the filter acid–digests and in the water extracts. The PM_2.5 collected in all the sites of the domain were highly correlated with exception of the urban site. The daily average metal concentrations in summer were 1.84% and 1.14% for PM_2.5 and PM₁ respectively, indicating that fine particles are less enriched in metals. Fe, Al and Zn were the most abundant elements, and they represented about the 80% of the total amount of the analyzed ones. The average water soluble metal compositions were 0.71% and 0.41% for PM_2.5 and PM₁ respectively. In the sites of the suburban–farming studied area the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis revealed differences between water soluble metal compositions in PM₁ and PM_2.5. The urban sites were characterized by lower total and soluble metals contents than the other PM_2.5 stations installed around the incinerator plant. However, no noticeable difference in the concentrations of metals in the particulate matter between the sites chosen as maxima of incinerator emissions and the control sites was observed.

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