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Geoscience ›› 2008, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2): 325-332.

• Engineering Geology and Environmental Geology • Previous Articles    

Distribution Characteristics of Extractable Organic Matter in Atmospheric PM10  in Beijing

DONG Xue-ling1,LIU Da-meng2,YUAN Yang-sen3,CHE Rui-jun2   

  1. 1School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China;
    2School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing100083, China;
    3The Second Geology Company, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Henan Province,Jiaozuo,Henan454000, China
  • Received:2008-01-08 Revised:2008-03-10 Online:2008-02-20 Published:2008-02-20

Abstract:

PM10  is one of the most important forms of air pollution, and its harmful organic compounds can be absorbed into the human body to result in different diseases, and to impact the human living environment.In the PM10  samples collected in different function zones of Beijing during four seasons of 2005, the extractable organic matter(EOM) was obtained by ultrasonic extraction and separated into saturated hydrocarbon, aromatics, non-hydrocarbons and asphaltenes, the content and distribution of EOM show that the annual average concentration of organic compounds in PM10 was 41.39 μg/m3, being 1.4 times higher than that in cleanliness district Ming Tombs site.The organic pollution level in winter was the most serious,the mass concentration of organic compound in PM10 was 6704 μg/m3, which was 1.2, 2.1 and 4.5 times higher than that in spring, autumn and summer, respectively.The concentration order of organic compositions is non-hydrocarbons,asphaltenes,aromatics and saturated hydrocarbon, indicating that organic pollution of Beijing city mainly results from coal-burning.The concentration of EOM was various in different function zones, presenting industrial or commercial zones>living or traffic zones>cleanliness zone, but during four seasons the variety of EOM was different. The contribution of pollution sources to different percentages of EOM depended on different function zones.

Key words: PM10, extractable organic matter, distribution characteristics, Beijing

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