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. 2018 Feb 5;126(2):027003. doi: 10.1289/EHP2311

Table 1.

Ambient particulate matter (PM)2.5 and concentrated ambient PM2.5 (CAP) in the exposure chambers were collected to Teflon filters weekly, and their elemental compositions were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS).

Element CAP Ambient
Mean (ng/m3) SD Mean (%) SD
Na 35.14 19.66 11.95 3.24
Mg 8.62 4.81 2.87 0.48
Al 25.93 12.67 2.56 2.41
Si 78.53 39.39 8.53 5.76
P 1.00 0.50 0.18 0.10
S 249.91 183.42 48.31 6.90
K 20.38 11.57 3.19 0.86
Ca 39.30 19.86 5.40 1.86
Ti 3.55 2.09 0.59 0.14
V 0.26 0.15 0.03 0.04
Cr 0.28 0.15 0.07 0.02
Mn 1.19 0.75 0.21 0.03
Fe 47.19 30.10 7.92 0.84
Ni 0.65 0.40 0.11 0.05
Cu 1.45 0.93 0.36 0.10
Zn 13.77 6.82 2.63 1.41
As 0.19 0.10 0.03 0.02
Se 0.13 0.06 0.01 0.02
Br 8.42 5.22 1.42 0.35
Sr 0.24 0.13 0.18 0.05
Ag 0.55 0.19 0.06 0.13
Sn 1.25 0.53 0.19 0.16
Ba 1.66 1.16 0.32 0.23
Ce 0.24 0.25 0.04 0.08
Pr 0.30 0.13 0.04 0.06
Er 0.98 0.75 0.20 0.06
Lu 1.33 1.19 0.32 0.12
W 0.41 0.26 0.12 0.08
Ir 0.11 0.04 0.01 0.02
Pt 0.20 0.09 0.02 0.03
Au 0.22 0.14 0.03 0.03
Hg 0.34 0.05 0.07 0.04
Tl 0.11 0.04 0.01 0.02
Pb 0.93 0.32 0.14 0.04

Note: CAP, concentrated ambient particulate matter (PM)2.5; SD, standard deviation.