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The concentration of 22 metal elements including Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Br, Rb, Sr, Zr, Ba and Pb in Barbula Indica moss samples collected in 12 different sites in Ha Noi in July of 2018 were determined by Proton Induced X-ray Emission. The obtained results has been used for assessment of heavy metal pollution in the air in Ha Noi region. The factor analysis was applied to the concentration data of 11 interested elements and the possible sources of air pollution have been suggested. The study showed that the PIXE technique is efficient to environmental pollution analysis since it precise, fast and low-cost.
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We wish to thank staff of Cyclotron Research Center (Iwate Medical University) for their help to this work. This study mainly funded by the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology, Grant Number NĐT.25.RU/17 and partly supported by Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology for senior researchers, grant number NVCC 05.02/20-20. N.A.S acknowledges the support of the Ministry of Education and Training under the grant B2019-DLA-04.
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Khiem, L.H., Sera, K., Hosokawa, T. et al. Assessment of atmospheric deposition of metals in Ha Noi using the moss bio-monitoring technique and proton induced X-ray emission. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 324, 43–54 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07066-z
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