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Speciation of elements in atmospheric particulate matter by XANES

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The atmospheric particulate matter samples were collected in Shanghai, China. The X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra of Cr, Mn, Cu and Zn were measured. The XANES spectroscopy was used as a fingerprint to compare with that of reference materials to obtain speciation information. The oxidation state of these elements and main chemical components in the samples were described using the method. The results show that in our samples the oxidation state of Cr is trivalent, Mn mainly exists in the divalent state, Cu also exists in the divalent state, and Zn mainly exists in the zinc sulfate. For the XANES spectra of samples with different particle size and from different sampling site, we did not find their obvious differences. When we compared the XANES spectra of our samples with those of standard reference material SRM 1648, we found that they are similar in regards to the determined elements. The elemental concentrations in the samples were determined by proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE). The difference of elemental concentrations was observed in the different samples.

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  1. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, P.R. China

    Aiguo Li, Yuanxun Zhan, Lun Wei, Yan Li & Guilin Zhang

  2. Institute of High Energy Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

    Yaning Xie & Jing Zhang

  3. Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China

    Yuanmao Zhang & Zuci Shan

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Wang, Y., Li, A., Zhan, Y. et al. Speciation of elements in atmospheric particulate matter by XANES. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 273, 247–251 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-0743-7

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