Reconstructing Primary and Secondary Components of PM2.5 Composition for an Urban Atmosphere
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...Generally seen, soot is primarily composed of carbon in its elemental form (Seinfeld and Pandis, 1998), POA is composed of elemental carbon, linear, cyclic and branched hydrocarbons with oxygenated carbons and large carbon numbers (C18-C40) (Sakurai et al., 2003; Behera and Sharma, 2010), and SOA is composed of highly functionalized molecules with relatively short carbon chains (typical molecular weights<500 Da, assuming a typical C...
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...Generally seen, soot is primarily composed of carbon in its elemental form (Seinfeld and Pandis, 1998), POA is composed of elemental carbon, linear, cyclic and branched hydrocarbons with oxygenated carbons and large carbon numbers (C18-C40) (Sakurai et al., 2003; Behera and Sharma, 2010), and SOA is composed of highly functionalized molecules with relatively short carbon chains (typical molecular weights<500 Da, assuming a typical C:O ratio ∼0....
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...…of elemental carbon, linear, cyclic and branched hydrocarbons with oxygenated carbons and large carbon numbers (C18-C40) (Sakurai et al., 2003; Behera and Sharma, 2010), and SOA is composed of highly functionalized molecules with relatively short carbon chains (typical molecular weights<500…...
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...5 is estimated to be 10% and 15% in India [Behera and Sharma, 2010], which adds uncertainty of about 3% and 5%, respectively, in the estimated premature mortalities due to PM2....
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...%) compares well to 13 % of Ram et al. (2012) and 18 % for Behera and Sharma (2010), and ANO3 (7.4...
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...%) is lower than Behera and Sharma (2010) (10 %)....
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...Notably, the combined OM plus unknown fractions from these previous two studies account for almost two-thirds of aerosol mass, 58 % for Behera and Sharma (2010) and 63 % for Ram et al. (2012), similar to our 59 % RM estimate....
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...During the Kanpur collocation, relative fractions among the major species CM, sea salt, ASO4, and ANO3 all matched well with previous studies (Behera and Sharma, 2010; Chakraborty et al., 2015; Ram et al., 2012) that also sampled during winter dry seasons....
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...5, OC, and EC suitable for our primary source activities were taken from literatures (Turpin and Huntzicker 1995; Hildemann et al. 1991; Cabada et al. 2002)....
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...5, OC, and EC suitable for our primary source activities were taken from literatures (Turpin and Huntzicker 1995; Hildemann et al. 1991; Cabada et al. 2002)....
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...5 sources are secondary nitrate, sulfate, and organic compounds (formed in the atmosphere), combustion processes including biomass burning, and soil and road dust (Hildemann et al. 1991; Kim Oanh et al. 2010; Heo et al. 2009)....
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...5 is estimated from concentrations of oxides of Al, Si, Ca, Fe, K, and Ti (Eldred et al. 1987; Marcazzan et al. 2001):...
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...5 is estimated from concentrations of oxides of Al, Si, Ca, Fe, K, and Ti (Eldred et al. 1987; Marcazzan et al. 2001): Crustal matter = 1.15 × (1.89Al + 2.14Si + 1.4Ca + 1.36 Fe + 1.2K + 1.67Ti) [3] Where Fe and K indicate the part of iron and potassium concentration considered of natural origin....
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...The study area, Kanpur city represents a typical urban agglomeration in highly polluted Ganga basin (Singh et al. 2004; Figure 1)....
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