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Korean Nuclear Society (한국원자력학회)
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THE DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN AIRBORNE PARTICULATES FROM AN URBAN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AREA OF KOREA USING INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS

  • Published : 2005.10.01
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Abstract

An instrumental neutron activation analysis was used to measure the concentrations of about 24 elements associated with airborne particulates (PM10) that were collected in the most polluted urban region of Daejeon city, Korea from 2000 to 2002. Using the measurement data for various elements, both the extent of elemental pollution in the study area and the seasonality in their distribution characteristics were examined. Examinations of their distribution patterns indicated that most elements with crustal origin tend to exhibit seasonal peaks during spring, while most elements with anthropogenic origin tend to exhibit seasonal peaks during fall or winter. In order to explain the factors regulating their mobilization properties, the data were processed by a factor analysis. Results of the factor analysis suggested competing roles of both industrial and natural source processes, despite that the study site is located at a downwind position of the industrial complex. Based on the overall results of this study, it is concluded that the site may be strongly impacted by man-made sources but the general patterns of elemental distributions in the study area inspected over a seasonal scale are quite consistent with those typically observed from natural environment.

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