Inorganic and carbonaceous components in indoor/outdoor particulate matter in two residential houses in Oslo, Norway (EN)

Λαζαριδης Μιχαλης (EL)

Hanssen ,J.E (EN)

Aleksandropoulou,V (EN)

Katsivela, Eleftheria, 1961-, Frueherer Name (EN)

Eleftheriadis ,K (EN)

Lazaridis Michalis (EN)

Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης (EL)

Technical University of Crete (EN)

A detailed analysis of indoor/outdoor physicochemical aerosol properties has been performed. Aerosol measurements were taken at two dwellings, one in the city center and the other in the suburbs of the Oslo metropolitan area, during summer/fall and winter/spring periods of 2002–2003. In this paper, emphasis is placed on the chemical characteristics (water-soluble ions and carbonaceous components) of fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM2.5–10) particles and their indoor/outdoor relationship. Results demonstrate that the carbonaceous species were dominant in all fractions of the PM10 particles (cut off size: 0.09–11.31 m) during all measurement periods, except winter 2003, when increased concentrations of watersoluble inorganic ions were predominant because of sea salt transport. The concentration of organic carbon was higher in the fine and coarse PM10 fractions indoors, whereas elemental carbon was higher indoors only in the coarse fraction. In regards to the carbonaceous species, local traffic and secondary organic aerosol formation were, probably, the main sources outdoors, whereas indoors combustion activities such as preparation of food, burning of candles, and cigarette smoking were the main sources. In contrast, the concentrations of water-soluble inorganic ions were higher outdoors than indoors. The variability of water-soluble inorganic ion concentrations outdoors was related to changes in emissions from local anthropogenic sources, long-range transport of particles, sea salt emissions, and resuspension of roadside and soil dusts. In the indoor environment the infiltration of the outdoor air indoors was the major source of inorganic ions. (EN)

journalArticle

Air--Pollution--Control,Air contaminants,Air pollutants,Air pollution,Air pollution control,Air toxics,Airborne pollutants,Atmosphere--Pollution,Contaminants, Air,Control of air pollution,Pollutants, Air,Toxics, Air,air pollution,air pollution control,air contaminants,air pollutants,air toxics,airborne pollutants,atmosphere pollution,contaminants air,control of air pollution,pollutants air,toxics air (EN)

Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης

Ιδρυματικό Αποθετήριο Πολυτεχνείου Κρήτης

School of Environmental Engineering - Journal Publications

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association (EN)

Αγγλική γλώσσα

2008

http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/22AB905C-1EC5-4224-BE12-14BDF55A443A10.3155/1047-3289.58.3.346

Taylor & Francis (EN)