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. 2017 Aug 15;7:8220. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08895-x

Table 2.

Ratios between different air pollutants during different heavily polluted episodes in Beijing.

Airborne pollutants Stations During other heavily polluted days During the first alert During the Second alert
PM2.5/SO2 JCZX 16.705 8.269 8.697
DL 15.043 11.314 11.385
YF 8.033 15.243 27.141
PM2.5/CO JCZX 0.080 0.056 0.053
DL 0.082 0.063 0.070
YF 0.066 0.054 0.052
PM2.5/NO2 JCZX 2.593 2.233 2.097
DL 3.565 2.790 3.035
YF 3.622 3.662 3.708
SO2/CO JCZX 0.011 0.008 0.008
DL 0.011 0.008 0.012
YF 0.008 0.004 0.002
NO2/CO JCZX 0.032 0.028 0.027
DL 0.026 0.023 0.025
YF 0.018 0.015 0.014
PM2.5 accumulation rate/μg · m−3 · h−1 JCZX 5.6 1.8 3.9
DL 5.1 1.6 3.5
YF 5.8 5.7 5.8

PM 2.5 accumulation rate = (Max PM2.5 concentration- 150 μg · m−3)/polluted hours.