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Particle number size distribution in three different microenvironments of London
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Author(s)
Kalaiarasan, Gopinath
Kumar, Prashant
Tomson, Mamatha
Zavala-Reyes, Juan C
Porter, Alexandra E
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We estimated the particle number distributions (PNDs), particle number concentrations (PNCs), physicochemical characteristics, meteorological effects, and respiratory deposition doses (RDD) in the human respiratory tract for three different particle modes: nucleation (N6–30), accumulation (N30–300), and coarse (N300–10,000) modes. This study was conducted in three different microenvironments (MEs) in London (indoor, IN; traffic intersection, TI; park, PK) measuring particles in the range of 6 nm–10,000 nm using an electrical low-pressure impactor (ELPI+). Mean PNCs were 1.68 ± 1.03 × 104 #cm−3, 7.00 ± 18.96 × 104 #cm−3, and 0.76 ± 0.95 × 104 #cm−3 at IN, TI, and PK, respectively. The PNDs were high for nucleation-mode particles at the TI site, especially during peak traffic hours. Wind speeds ranging from 0 to 6 ms−1 exhibit higher PNCs for nucleation- and accumulation-mode particles at TI and PK sites. Physicochemical characterisation shows trace metals, including Fe, O, and inorganic elements, that were embedded in a matrix of organic material in some samples. Alveolar RDD was higher for the nucleation and accumulation modes than the coarse-mode particles. The chemical signatures from the physicochemical characterisation indicate the varied sources at different MEs. These findings enhance our understanding of the different particle profiles at each ME and should help devise ways of reducing personal exposure at each ME.
Date Issued
2024-01
Date Acceptance
2023-12-21
Citation
Atmosphere, 2024, 15 (1)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/108997
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010045
DOI
10.3390/atmos15010045
ISSN
2073-4433
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
Atmosphere
Volume
15
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010045
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
45
Date Publish Online
2023-12-29
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