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Article

Chemical Compositions and Source Analysis of PM2.5 during Autumn and Winter in a Heavily Polluted City in China

by
Shasha Tian
1,
Yingying Liu
1,
Jing Wang
1,
Jian Wang
1,
Lujian Hou
2,
Bo Lv
2,
Xinhua Wang
1,
Xueyan Zhao
1,
Wen Yang
1,
Chunmei Geng
1,*,
Bin Han
1,* and
Zhipeng Bai
1
1
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
2
Jinan Environmental Monitoring Center Station, Jinan 250000, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Atmosphere 2020, 11(4), 336; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11040336
Submission received: 16 February 2020 / Revised: 21 March 2020 / Accepted: 27 March 2020 / Published: 30 March 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Energy Technologies and Photochemical Smog Formation)
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Abstract

As one of the biggest cities in North China, Jinan has been suffering heavy air pollution in recent decades. To better characterize the ambient particulate matter in Jinan during heavy pollution periods, we collected daily PM2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters equal to or less than 2.5 μm) filter samples from 15 October 2017 to 31 January 2018 and analyzed their chemical compositions (including inorganic water-soluble ions (WSIs), carbonaceous species, and inorganic elements). The daily average concentration of PM2.5 was 83.5 μg/m3 during the sampling period. A meteorological analysis revealed that both low wind speed and high relative humidity facilitated the occurrence of high PM2.5 pollution episodes. A chemical analysis indicated that high concentrations of water-soluble ions, carbonaceous species, and elements were observed during heavy pollution days. The major constituents of PM2.5 in Jinan were secondary aerosol particles and organic matter based on the results of mass closure. Chemical Mass Balance (CMB) was used to track possible sources and identified that nitrate, sulfate, vehicle exhaust and coal fly ash were the main contributors to PM2.5 during heavy pollution days in Jinan, accounting for 25.4%, 18.6%, 18.2%, and 13.3%, respectively.
Keywords: PM2.5; chemical components; mass closure; chemical mass balance; Jinan PM2.5; chemical components; mass closure; chemical mass balance; Jinan

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Tian, S.; Liu, Y.; Wang, J.; Wang, J.; Hou, L.; Lv, B.; Wang, X.; Zhao, X.; Yang, W.; Geng, C.; et al. Chemical Compositions and Source Analysis of PM2.5 during Autumn and Winter in a Heavily Polluted City in China. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11040336

AMA Style

Tian S, Liu Y, Wang J, Wang J, Hou L, Lv B, Wang X, Zhao X, Yang W, Geng C, et al. Chemical Compositions and Source Analysis of PM2.5 during Autumn and Winter in a Heavily Polluted City in China. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(4):336. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11040336

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Tian, Shasha, Yingying Liu, Jing Wang, Jian Wang, Lujian Hou, Bo Lv, Xinhua Wang, Xueyan Zhao, Wen Yang, Chunmei Geng, and et al. 2020. "Chemical Compositions and Source Analysis of PM2.5 during Autumn and Winter in a Heavily Polluted City in China" Atmosphere 11, no. 4: 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11040336

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Tian, S., Liu, Y., Wang, J., Wang, J., Hou, L., Lv, B., Wang, X., Zhao, X., Yang, W., Geng, C., Han, B., & Bai, Z. (2020). Chemical Compositions and Source Analysis of PM2.5 during Autumn and Winter in a Heavily Polluted City in China. Atmosphere, 11(4), 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11040336

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