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. 2021 Jul 27;65(8):966–978. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxab011

Table 1.

Element concentrations (in µg/m3) in coarse, fine and UF particles emitted from booths #1 and #3. The fine fraction was calculated indirectly from the fine + UF and UF fractions. Aerosol concentration factor: 31.

Fraction Coarse Coarse Fine + UF Fine + UF Fine Fine UF UF
Booth #1 #3 #1 #3 #1 #3 #1 #3
Feedstock Al/Ti/Cr/Ni Ni/Cr/Co/W Al/Ti/Cr/Ni Ni/Cr/Co/W Al/Ti/Cr/Ni Ni/Cr/Co/W Al/Ti/Cr/Ni Ni/Cr/Co/W
Al 139 252 379 133 232 93 147 40
Ca 260 113 45 52 24 36 22 16
Cr 27 50 93 4534 37 3825 56 709
Fe 93 226 39 141 27 102 13 39
Mg 34 14 9.1 7.0 5.5 4.7 3.7 2.3
Na 12 35 16 21 1.6 15 15 5
W 33 54 8.4 73 2.5 58 5.9 14
Ni 31 47 76 1864 5.3 1539 71 325
Ti 16 63 7 32 5 24 2 8
S 5.6 6.9 4.8 6.9 2.1 7.5 4.8
V 0.20 0.40 0.08 0.80 0.05 0.66 0.03 0.14
Mn 1.9 2.9 2.2 3.3 0.69 2.22 1.5 1.1
Co 4.2 4.9 1.4 8.7 0.3 7.4 1.1 1.4
Zr 4.0 5.4 1.1 1.8 0.56 1.25 0.49 0.54
Cu 1.9 2.0 0.7 1.5 0.25 0.84 0.40 0.66
Sr 0.41 0.38 0.09 0.17 0.07 0.13 0.03 0.04
Sn 3.2 2.5 1.9 2.2 0.01 0.71 1.9 1.5
Sb 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 <0.01 0.08 0.3 0.2
Ba 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.41 <0.01 <0.01 0.01 <0.01
Sum 668 882 686 6883 341 5713 348 1169
Mass 2377 3446 2378 17328 1213 14344 1165 2985
% det. 28% 26% 29% 40% 28% 40% 30% 39%