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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2011 Jan 1;45(2):493–502. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.023

Table 4.

PM emission factors (g kg−1 RS) and composition (mg g−1 PM)

Field, PM2.5 Field, PM10 Hood pile, SPM
EF PM, g kg−1 RS burned 8.3±2.7 (n=4) 9.4±3.5 (n=4) 20.1±7.7 (n=3)
PM composition, mg g−1 PM (part per thousand)
(n=9) (n=9) (n=3)
EC/OC EC 57.7±27.9 56.9±25.3
OC 335.4±88.0 328.6±84.7
TC 393.0±64.0 385.5±63.3
Ions Na+ 2.56±2.77 3.53±3.48 0.12±0.24
K+ 50.0±34.0 47.3±33.6 7.2±10.5
NH4+ 23.8±11.7 22.8±9.2 0.54±0.88
Mg2+ 0.11±0.22 0.18±0.28 nd
Ca2+ 0.15±0.41 1.08±1.06 0.75±0.90
F 2.45±3.28 2.48±3.17 0.81±1.36
Cl 69.3±31.6 68.6±30.7 14.6±17.8
NO3 2.93±3.72 2.91±3.20 0.56±0.88
SO42− 9.82±7.21 15.53±13.06 3.5±4.1
Total 161.2±24.5 164.4±24.3 28.1±4.9
Elementa Fe 0.038±0.108 0.105±0.306 0.040±0.025
Ni 0.036±0.068 0.047±0.070
Pb 0.045±0.094 0.115±0.197 0.049±0.015
Sr 0.013±0.029 0.016±0.028
Ti 0.015±0.046 0.016±0.043 0.005±0.002
V 0.091±0.130 0.140±0.191 0.004±0.002
Zn 0.036±0.099 0.066±0.155 0.26±0.15
Si 0.14±0.34 0.185±0.364 5.89±2.88
Al 0.18±0.33 2.53±2.47 0.26±0.04
Ca 0.85±1.33 2.65±3.40 0.50±0.12
Cd 0.009±0.023 0.009±0.022
Cr 0.080±0.169 0.163±0.292 0.003±0.002
Cu 0.171±0.409 0.162±0.391
Mg 0.906±1.710 1.739±1.783 0.065±0.012
Mn 0.005±0.015 0.010±0.028 0.025±0.026
S 1.174±0.404 1.24±0.24
As 0.003±0.003 0.003±0.004
Se 0.0001±0.0002 0.0005±0.0004
Br 0.047±0.011 0.044±0.013
Rb 0.036±0.013 0.035±0.013
Zr 4E-05±7E-05 0.0002±0.0003
Ag 0.004±0.005 0.005±0.005
Sn nd 0.002±0.003
Sb nd 0.001±0.001
Ba 0.016±0.022 0.015±0.016
Bi nd 0.001±0.001
Total 2.1±0.2 4.9±0.5 6.5±1.8
PAHb Naph 0.42±0.57 0.39±0.53 0.012±0.025
Acy nd nd nd
Ace 0.02±0.07 0.02±0.05 0.001±0.002
Flu nd nd 0.005±0.011
Phe 0.03±0.07 0.02±0.05 0.004±0.008
Ant 0.02±0.01 0.01±0.01 0.0003±0.0007
Fth 0.50±0.75 0.49±0.75 0.015±0.029
Pyr 0.29±0.33 0.26±0.27 0.01±0.02
BaA 0.12±0.18 0.11±0.14 0.012±0.024
Chry 0.17±0.21 0.15±0.17 0.01±0.02
BbF 0.13±0.12 0.12±0.11 0.021±0.037
BkF 0.05±0.04 0.05±0.04 0.011±0.022
BaP 0.13±0.15 0.11±0.13 0.013±0.025
DahA 0.08±0.10 0.08±0.10 nd
BghiP 0.02±0.03 0.02±0.03 nd
Ideno nd nd nd
Total PAH 2.0±0.2 1.8±0.1 0.11±0.01
Levoglucosan Methoxy- phenols c LG 56.2 57.4
ETGU 0.0019 0.0018
EUG 0.0050 0.0047
VAN 0.0294 0.0278
TISOEU 0.0034 0.0032
ACETV 0.0073 0.0069
GUACE 0.0172 0.0163
ALLSY 0.0037 0.0035
PRSY 0.0029 0.0028
SYALD 0.0835 0.0797
ACETSY 0.3880 0.3715
CONIF nd 0.0058
PRSYON 0.0622 0.0597
SINAP 0.0100 0.0109
Total meth. 0.62 0.60
Total all 614±42 613±41

nd: not detected; blank cells: not analyzed (for SPM in hood experiments)

EC/OC data available for 2 hood spread burning experiments, not presented in Table 4 (see the text).

a

- Elements analyzed by PIXE and ICP-OES: Be, Co, Li, Mo, Tl were not detected in any sample

b

- The detection limits of the PAHs were in the order of 1 ng mL−1 sample extract.

c

- only 13 detected among 21 analyzed methoxyphenols are presented in Table 4. Detection limits for the methoxyphenols were in the range of 1 – 30 ng mL−1 of sample extract.