Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs), Iron and Black Carbon Within Street Dust from a Steel Industrial City, Central China
Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 16: 2452–2461, 2016 Copyright © Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research ISSN: 1680-8584 print / 2071-1409 online doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.02.0085 Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Iron and Black Carbon within Street Dust from a Steel Industrial City, Central China Jiaquan Zhang1,2*, Changlin Zhan1,2, Hongxia Liu1, Ting Liu1, Ruizhen Yao1, Tianpeng Hu1,3, Wensheng Xiao1, Xinli Xing3,4, Hongmei Xu5, Junji Cao2** 1 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, HubeiKeyLaboratory of Mine Environmental Pollution Controland Remediation, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi 435003, China 2 KLACP, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China 3 SKLBEGE, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China 4 Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom 5 Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China ABSTRACT Twenty-two street dust samples collected from a small steel city, central China, were analyzed for 16 USEPA priority PAHs to investigate the concentration, spatial distribution relationship with black carbon (BC) and Iron (Fe), and the source apportionment and to assess the health risk of these compounds. The mean contents of PAHs, BC and Fe were 4.43 µg g–1, 12837.97 mg kg–1, 70205.70 mg kg–1, respectively. The highest spot was in the surrounding of the E’zhou Steel Plant and the Steel Rolling Mill of E’zhou. The correlation analysis indicated that there was no obvious relationship between Fe with each other, the PAHs significantly correlated to black carbon (BC), which might be caused by the continuous emission sources of iron and steel production.
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