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Monitoring of Fine Particles and Particles-bound Mercury in Seongbuk-gu Area of Seoul Metropolitan City  

Park, Eun-Jung (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University)
Lee, Jong-Wha (National Institute of Environmental Research, Environmental Health Department)
Kim, Dae-Seon (National Institute of Environmental Research, Environmental Health Department)
Park, Kwang-Sik (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University)
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Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology / v.22, no.2, 2007 , pp. 185-188 More about this Journal
Abstract
PM10 and PM2.5 in ambient air were collected in Seongbuk-gu area of Seoul for one year, from April 2005 to February 2006, and the concentration of PM-bound mercury was monitored. The annual concentrations of particles were $66.4{\pm}43.2{\mu}g/m^3\;(47.6{\pm}19.1{\mu}g/m^3-106.1{\pm}78.0{\mu}g/m^3)$ in PM10 and $37.2{\pm}20.4{\mu}g/m^3\;(28.0{\pm}23.4{\mu}g/m^3{\sim}42.7{\pm}21.4{\mu}g/m^3)$ in PM2.5, which is about 56% of PM10 concentration. The annual average concentrations of mercury were $0.125{\pm}0.078ng/m^3\;in\;PM10\;and\;0.141{\pm}0.080ng/m^3$ in PM2.5, respectively. In April of Asian dust season in Korea, mercury showed the highest concentration in both PM10 and PM2.5.
Keywords
PM10; PM2.5; mercury; monitoring; Seoul;
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