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Isotopic Composition for Source Identification of Mercury In Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 11773–11786, 2016 www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/11773/2016/ doi:10.5194/acp-16-11773-2016 © Author(s) 2016. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Isotopic composition for source identification of mercury in atmospheric fine particles Qiang Huang1, Jiubin Chen1, Weilin Huang2, Pingqing Fu3, Benjamin Guinot4, Xinbin Feng1, Lihai Shang1, Zhuhong Wang1, Zhongwei Wang1, Shengliu Yuan1, Hongming Cai1, Lianfang Wei3, and Ben Yu1 1SKLEG, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China 2Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA 3LAPC, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 4Laboratoire d’Aérologie UMR5560 CNRS-Université Toulouse 3, Toulouse, France Correspondence to: Jiubin Chen ([email protected]) Received: 29 April 2016 – Published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.: 8 June 2016 Revised: 9 September 2016 – Accepted: 10 September 2016 – Published: 22 September 2016 Abstract. The usefulness of mercury (Hg) isotopes for trac- 1 Introduction ing the sources and pathways of Hg (and its vectors) in at- mospheric fine particles (PM2:5/ is uncertain. Here, we mea- sured Hg isotopic compositions in 30 potential source materi- Mercury (Hg) is a globally distributed hazardous metal and is als and 23 PM2:5 samples collected in four seasons from the well known for its long-range transport, environmental per- megacity Beijing (China) and combined the seasonal vari- sistence and toxicity (Kim et al., 2009; Selin, 2009; Schle- ation in both mass-dependent fractionation (represented by icher et al., 2015). Hg is emitted to the atmosphere through the ratio 202Hg = 198Hg, δ202Hg) and mass-independent frac- natural and anthropogenic processes or reemission of previ- tionation of isotopes with odd and even mass numbers (rep- ously deposited legacy Hg. It has three operationally defined resented by 1199Hg and 1200Hg, respectively) with geo- forms: gaseous elemental Hg (GEM), reactive gaseous Hg chemical parameters and meteorological data to identify (RGM) and particle-bound Hg (PBM) (Selin, 2009). In gen- the sources of PM2:5-Hg and possible atmospheric particu- eral, GEM (> 90 % of the total Hg in atmosphere) is fairly sta- late Hg transformation. All PM2:5 samples were highly en- ble and can be transported globally, whereas RGM is rapidly riched in Hg and other heavy metals and displayed wide deposited from the atmosphere in wet and dry deposition, and ranges of both δ202Hg (−2.18 to 0.51 ‰) and 1199Hg PBM is assumed to be transported more regionally (Selin, (−0.53 to 0.57 ‰), as well as small positive 1200Hg (0.02 2009; Fu et al., 2012). Recent measurements of PBM in sev- to 0.17 ‰). The results indicated that the seasonal variation eral rural and urban areas have shown that Hg associated with in Hg isotopic composition (and elemental concentrations) particulate matter (PM) of size < 2.5 µm (PM2:5-Hg) has typ- −3 was likely derived from variable contributions from anthro- ical concentrations < 100 pg m in background atmospheric pogenic sources, with continuous input due to industrial ac- environments (Liu et al., 2007; Fu et al., 2008; Kim et al., −3 tivities (e.g., smelting, cement production and coal combus- 2012), but exceeds 300 pg m in contaminated regions (Xiu tion) in all seasons, whereas coal combustion dominated in et al., 2009; Zhu et al., 2014). PM2:5-Hg is of particular con- winter and biomass burning mainly found in autumn. The cern because, once inhaled, both Hg and its vectors might 199 more positive 1 Hg of PM2:5-Hg in spring and early sum- have adverse effects on human beings. 196 198 mer was likely derived from long-range-transported Hg that Mercury has seven stable isotopes ( Hg, Hg, 199 200 201 202 204 had undergone extensive photochemical reduction. The study Hg, Hg, Hg, Hg and Hg) and its isotopic ra- demonstrated that Hg isotopes may be potentially used for tios in the nature have attracted much interest in recent years tracing the sources of particulate Hg and its vectors in the (Yin et al., 2010; Hintelmann and Zheng, 2012; Blum et al., atmosphere. 2014; Cai and Chen, 2016). Previous studies have reported both mass-dependent fractionation (MDF, δ202Hg) and mass- Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. 11774 Q. Huang et al.: Isotopic composition for source identification of mercury independent fractionation (MIF, primarily observation of odd measured Hg isotopic compositions of PBM in PM10 from atomic weighed Hg isotopes, 1199Hg and 1201Hg) of Hg Kolkata, eastern India, and found negative MDF and varied isotopes in environments (Hintelmann and Lu, 2003; Jackson values of 1199Hg between −0.31 and 0.33 ‰. These stud- et al., 2004, 2008; Bergquist and Blum, 2007; Gratz et al., ies showed that the Hg isotope approach could be developed 2010; Chen et al., 2012; Sherman et al., 2012). The nuclear for tracking the sources and pathways of Hg species in the volume effect (NVE) (Schauble, 2007) and magnetic isotope atmosphere. effect (MIE) (Buchachenko, 2009) are thought to be the main China is one of the largest Hg emission countries in the causes for odd-MIF (Bergquist and Blum, 2007; Gratz et world (Fu et al., 2012; Zhang et al., 2015), with a total es- al., 2010; Wiederhold et al., 2010; Sonke, 2011; Chen et al., timated anthropogenic Hg emission of approximately 356 t 2012; Ghosh et al., 2013; Eiler et al., 2014). Theoretical and in 2000 and 538 t in 2010 (Zhang et al., 2015). Coal com- experimental data suggested a 1199Hg = 1201Hg ratio about bustion, nonferrous metal smelting, and cement production 1.6 for NVE (Zheng and Hintelmann, 2009, 2010b), and a are the dominant Hg emission sources in China (collectively 1199Hg = 1201Hg ratio mostly between 1.0 and 1.3 for MIE accounting for approximately over 80 % of the total Hg emis- as a result of photolytic reductions under aquatic (and atmo- sion) (Zhang et al., 2015). Haze particles, especially PM2:5, spheric) conditions (Zheng and Hintelmann, 2009, 2010a; which are among the most serious atmospheric pollutants in Malinovsky et al., 2010; Wiederhold et al., 2010; Sonke, urban areas of China (Huang et al., 2014), are important car- 2011; Ghosh et al., 2013; Eiler et al., 2014). Over the past riers of Hg (Lin et al., 2015b; Schleicher et al., 2015). If decade, studies have indicated that Hg isotope ratios are use- PM2:5 is emitted from the same source as Hg (Huang et al., ful for differentiating Hg sources in terrestrial samples, such 2014; Lin et al., 2015b; Schleicher et al., 2015; Zhang et al., as sediments (Jackson et al., 2004; Feng et al., 2010; Ma et 2015), quantifying Hg isotopes may provide direct evidence al., 2013), soils (Biswas et al., 2008; Zhang et al., 2013a) for the sources of both Hg and PM2:5, as well as insight into and biota (Sherman et al., 2013; Yin et al., 2013; Jackson, the geochemical processes that they may have undergone. 2015), and for distinguishing potential biogeochemical pro- In this study, we attempted to identify the sources of cesses that Hg had undergone (Jackson et al., 2013; Sher- PM2:5-Hg in Beijing, the capital of China, using Hg iso- man et al., 2013; Yin et al., 2013; Masbou et al., 2015). Up topic composition coupled with meteorological and other to now, several studies have reported Hg isotopic composi- geochemical parameters. We selected Beijing as the study tions in atmospheric samples (Zambardi et al., 2009; Gratz site because, like many other Chinese megacities, Beijing has et al., 2010; Chen et al., 2012; Sherman et al., 2012, 2015; suffered severe PM2:5 pollution (Huang et al., 2014; Gao et Demers et al., 2013, 2015a; Rolison et al., 2013; Fu et al., al., 2015) and is considered as the most PBM polluted area 2014, 2016; Yuan et al., 2015; Das et al., 2016; Enrico et al., in China (Schleicher et al., 2015). In the past decade, only a 199 2016). These studies reported large variations in 1 Hg and few prior studies quantified the Hg concentrations in PM2:5 δ202Hg values for GEM (ranging from −0.41 to 0.06 ‰ for samples collected from Beijing (Wang et al., 2006; Zhang 1199Hg, and from −3.88 to 1.43 ‰ for δ202Hg) (Zambardi et al., 2013b; Schleicher et al., 2015), while no research at- et al., 2009; Gratz et al., 2010; Sherman et al., 2010; Roli- tempted to track its sources using the Hg isotope approach. son et al., 2013; Yin et al., 2013; Demers et al., 2015b; Das The specific objectives of this study were (1) to characterize et al., 2016; Enrico et al., 2016; Fu et al., 2016) and for Hg the seasonal variation in Hg isotope compositions in PM2:5 in precipitation (from 0.04 to 1.16 ‰ for 1199Hg, and from of Beijing and (2) to test the effectiveness of the Hg isotope 202 −4.37 to 1.48 ‰ for δ Hg) (Gratz et al., 2010; Chen et al., technique for tracking the sources of the PM2:5-Hg. 2012; Sherman et al., 2012, 2015; Demers et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2015b; Yuan et al., 2015). In addition, recent studies have found MIF of even Hg isotopes (even-MIF, 1200Hg) in natural samples mainly related to the atmosphere, rendering 2 Materials and methods Hg a unique heavy metal having “three-dimensional” isotope systems (Chen et al., 2012). 2.1 Field site and sampling method While Hg isotopes in both GEM and RGM have drawn much attention, those of PBM are comparably less studied in Beijing (39.92◦ N and 116.46◦ E) has a population of over 21 the literature.
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