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. 2017 Mar 9;7:44256. doi: 10.1038/srep44256

Table 2. Mean concentration (μg/m3) of main compositions detected in PM2.5 sample.

  Component Concentration Component Concentration
Carbon organic carbon 58.36 elemental carbon 10.84
Water soluble ion Na+ 1.72 NH4+ 29.15
K+ 6.51 NO3 46.04
Ca2+ 3.78 SO42− 47.90
Mg2+ 0.68 Cl 10.60
Metal element Na 1.92 Ni 11.36 × 10−3
Mg 0.98 Cu 141.08 × 10−3
Al 1.42 Zn 1.74
Ca 4.12 As 65.18 × 10−3
V 7.56 × 10−3 Se 14.64 × 10−3
Cr 6.10 × 10−3 Mo 6.22 × 10−3
Mn 0.46 × 10−3 Pb 0.54
Fe 1.52 × 10−3 Cd 7.12 × 10−3
Co 4.48 × 10−3    
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) naphthalene 2.15 × 10−3 chrysene 22.65 × 10−3
acenaphthylene 0.53 × 10−3 Benzo [a] anthracene 15.13 × 10−3
acenaphthene 0.70 × 10−3 Benzo [b] fluoranthene 30.26 × 10−3
fluorene 0.98 × 10−3 Benzo [k] fluoranthene 3.25 × 10−3
phenanthrene 18.26 × 10−3 Benzo [a] pyrene 6.45 × 10−3
anthracene 1.60 × 10-3 Diphenyl [a,h] anthracene 3.82 × 10−3
fluoranthene 67.38 × 10−3 Indene [g, h, I] pyrene 10.57 × 10−3
pyrene 31.61 × 10−3 Indene [1, 2, 3 -c, d] pyrene 10.92 × 10−3