Particles of dust washed off streets by stormwater are an important pathway of polyaromatic hydrocarbons （PAHs） into urban streams. This article presented a comprehensive assessment of the size distribution of PAHs ...Particles of dust washed off streets by stormwater are an important pathway of polyaromatic hydrocarbons （PAHs） into urban streams. This article presented a comprehensive assessment of the size distribution of PAHs in street dust particles, the potential risks of the particles in urban streams, and the sources and sinks of PAHs in the stream network. This assessment was based on measurements of 16 PAHs from the USEPA priority list in street dust particles and river sediments in Xincheng, China. The content of total PAHs ranged from 1629 to 8986 Dg/kg in street dust particles, where smaller particles have a higher concentrations. Approximately 55% of the total PAHs were associated with particles less than 250 μm which accounted for 40% of the total mass of street dust. The PAH quantities increased from 2.41 to 46.86 μg/m2 in the sequence of new residential, rising through main roads, old town residential, commercial and industrial areas. The sediments in stream reaches in town were found to be sinks for street dust particle PAHs. The research findings suggested that particle size, land use and the hydrological conditions in the stream network were the factors which most influenced the total loads of PAH in the receiving water bodies.展开更多
In this work, Jazan province （Saudi Arabia） was examined for its heavy metals content. Therefore, 15 street dust samples were collected, digested and analyzed in order to investigate the levels of selected heavy met...In this work, Jazan province （Saudi Arabia） was examined for its heavy metals content. Therefore, 15 street dust samples were collected, digested and analyzed in order to investigate the levels of selected heavy metals and propose the causes for the presence of these metals. All collected samples were digested using Leeds Public Analyst method. The concentrations of heavy metals （Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Cd, Co and Pb） were analyzed using atomic absorption spectroscopy. Six heavy metals （Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Co and Pb） were measured in all samples; the concentration of Cd was not detected in Jazan dust by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The heavy metals levels in Jazan street dust increase according to the following sequence： Fe 〉 Mn 〉 Zn 〉 Cu 〉 Pb 〉 Co. The correlation coefficients and enrichment factors relative to earth crust abundances of heavy metals were calculated in order to predict the possible sources in dust.展开更多
Street dusts collected from 20 sites as well as three special dust samples collected from chimney of coal-fired plant, smelter and refinery of nonferrous metals and automobile exhaust, respectively, in the Chang-Zhu-T...Street dusts collected from 20 sites as well as three special dust samples collected from chimney of coal-fired plant, smelter and refinery of nonferrous metals and automobile exhaust, respectively, in the Chang-Zhu-Tan (Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan) urban region, Hunan, China, in May to August 2009, were investigated for sources of polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The ΣPAHs16 levels were in the range of 3515 - 24488 ng/g, with a mean of 8760 ng/g. The sources of PAH inputs to street dusts were determined by isomer ratios, principal components analysis and REE geochemical analysis. The isomer ratios suggested a rather uniform mixture of coal combustion and petroleum PAH sources. Factor analysis indicated that the main sources of 16 PAHs were coal combustion/vehicle exhaust and coking/ petroleum. Rare earth elements (REE) and Factor score analysis further indicated the possible dust sources were from background soil, coal or coking combustion, nonferrous metal factories, traffic exhaust.展开更多
Street dust is a carrier of various pollutants widely distributed in the urban road environment, and has obvious particle size effect on environmental pollution. In this paper, the effects of particle size distributio...Street dust is a carrier of various pollutants widely distributed in the urban road environment, and has obvious particle size effect on environmental pollution. In this paper, the effects of particle size distribution on dust accumulation, heavy metal pollution and cleaning conditions are mainly discussed. Based on the particle size effect of street dust, the future research and control of non-point source pollution are given a breakthrough.展开更多
Magnetic measurements and heavy metal analyses were performed on street dusts from the main urban area of Chibi（赤壁） City,Hubei（湖北） Province,China.Results revealed that a PSD/MD（pseudo-single-domain/multi-dom...Magnetic measurements and heavy metal analyses were performed on street dusts from the main urban area of Chibi（赤壁） City,Hubei（湖北） Province,China.Results revealed that a PSD/MD（pseudo-single-domain/multi-domain） magnetite-like phase dominates the magnetic phases of the street dust.Concentration-related magnetic parameters,such as magnetic susceptibility（χ）,anhysteretic remanent magnetization（ARM）,and saturation isothermal remanent magnetization（SIRM） of samples increased in the main roads but appeared lower in the landscape area of the Lushui（陆水） Lake and closely correlated with the concentration of heavy metal Fe,Cu,and Co,and the correlation coefficients are 0.786 for Fe-χ,0.548 for Cu-χ,and 0.580 for Co-χ,respectively.However,much strong correlations between SIRM and the concentrations of heavy metal suggest that SIRM is a better indicator for heavy metal pollution in the street dust in the study area.The magnetic particles in the street dust are mainly derived from anthropogenic activities,such as vehicle emissions,abrasion of tires,coal combustion,cement works,and building materials.These results make it possible to use magnetic techniques as simple,rapid,and nondestructive tools for assessing the heavy metal pollutions in urbanization process.展开更多
Street dust is one of the most important carriers of heavy metals(HMs)originating from natural and anthropogenic sources.The main purpose of the work was to identify which of Fe-bearing phases bind HMs in street dust....Street dust is one of the most important carriers of heavy metals(HMs)originating from natural and anthropogenic sources.The main purpose of the work was to identify which of Fe-bearing phases bind HMs in street dust.Magnetic parameters of the Fe-bearing components,mainly magnetically strong iron oxides,are used to assess the level of HM pollution.Chemical sequential extraction combined with magnetic methods(magnetic susceptibility,magnetization,remanent magnetization)allowed determining the metal-bearing fractions and identifying the iron forms that aremostly associated with traffic-related HMs.The use of Mossbauer spectrometry(MS)supplemented bymagnetic methods(thermomagnetic curves and psarameters of hysteresis loops)enabled precise identification and characterization of iron-containing minerals.The classification of HMs into five chemical fractions differing in mobility and bioaccessibility revealed that iron is most abundant(over 95%)in the residual fraction followed by the reducible fraction.HMs were present in reducible fraction in the following order:Pb>Zn>Mn>Cr>Ni>Fe>Cu,while they bound to the residual fraction in the following order:Fe>Ni>Cr>Mn>Pb>Cu>Zn.The signature of the anthropogenic origin of street dust is the presence of strongly nonstoichiometric and defected grains of magnetite and their porous surface.Magnetite also occurs as an admixture with maghemite,and with a significant proportion of hematite.A distinctive feature of street dust is the presence of metallic iron and iron carbides.Magnetic methods are efficient in the screening test to determine the level ofHMpollution,while MS helps to identify the iron-bearing minerals through the detection of iron.展开更多
Environmental magnetic measurements were carried out on the samples of street dust and topsoil,which were collected along the roadway in the urban and suburb of Beijing,including magnetic sus-ceptibility(χ),anhystere...Environmental magnetic measurements were carried out on the samples of street dust and topsoil,which were collected along the roadway in the urban and suburb of Beijing,including magnetic sus-ceptibility(χ),anhysteretic remanent magnetization(ARM),isothermal remanent magnetization(IRM)of all samples and temperature-dependence of magnetic susceptibilities and magnetic hysteresis pa-rameters of representative samples.Obvious differences exist between the samples of street dust and those of topsoil.Compared with topsoil samples,the concentration of magnetic particles and high-coercivity components in street dust samples are higher,and the magnetic grains are coarser.Both dust and topsoil samples are dominated by ferrimagnetic minerals,and iron particles are only detected in some dust samples.These results suggest that street dust samples reflect the characteris-tic of particles produced by industrial and traffic activities,and the magnetic property of topsoil sam-ples represents the characteristic of particles from both anthropogenic and natural sources.The dis-tribution of magnetic parameters is influenced by the environment where the samples are collected,like industry,traffic density and other road conditions.Hard isothermal remanent magnetization(HIRM)may be used as an indicator of particles produced by traffic activity.Dust storm samples collected on 17 and 18 April,2006 have different magnetic properties from street dust and natural particles,like loess and paleosol,which indicate that the dust storm might be mixed with anthropogenic particulates during transport and falling.展开更多
Urban environmental problems are of increasing concern. Lanzhou is a large industrial city in North-west China. Street dust samples representing different temporal and spatial scales were collected for magnetic proper...Urban environmental problems are of increasing concern. Lanzhou is a large industrial city in North-west China. Street dust samples representing different temporal and spatial scales were collected for magnetic properties study. Magnetic measurements indicate a high concentration of magnetic minerals in Lanzhou street dust, dominated by pseudo-single domain (PSD) magnetite. The concentration of magnetic materials is distinctly high in winter and spring, low in autumn. Similarly, higher concentra-tions associated with heavy industry, concentrated residential development, and vehicular traffic sug-gest mixed contributions of magnetic material from both anthropogenic and natural sources. χ_lf and SOFT% are effective magnetic parameters that denote seasonal differences among magnetic proper-ties in street dust, convenient and economical methods for monitoring street dust pollution.展开更多
Anand, the milk capital of India, is a developing city with increasing vehicles and developmental activities going on at a fast pace. This study attempts to investigate the zinc and chromium concentration in street du...Anand, the milk capital of India, is a developing city with increasing vehicles and developmental activities going on at a fast pace. This study attempts to investigate the zinc and chromium concentration in street dust, suspended particulate matter and in foliar dust deposits. Ten sampling locations were selected based on the traffic density on the roads and different anthropogenic activity. Sampling was carried out in the dry months of January to March 2011. The range of Zn and Cr was 16.82 - 108.29 ppm and 118 - 151.5 ppm in the street dust respectively. Zn concentration in Suspended particulate matter lies in the range of 12.41 to 86 ppm and Cr concentration between 75 to 130 ppm. The range of Cr in foliar deposited dust varied from 79.54 ppm to 31 ppm. Whereas, for Zn maximum concentration was in S10 which is 42.34 ppm and minimum was in site S9, 23.73 ppm. ANOVA single factor showed that at 0.05 level of significance site wise variation of zinc and chromium concentration in SPM, Street dust and foliar deposited dust was not significant signifying similar source of contamination. Which is further strengthened by the good positive correlation found between the Zn and Cr concentration of street dust, leaf deposited dust and SPM. The Contamination Factor in the sites where metal concentration was high was 1.24 in S10 and 1.06 in S5 for Zn. For chromium the value of CF was 1.77 in S10 and 1.67 in S5. These values indicate that street dust is moderately contaminated with respect to zinc and chromium.展开更多
基金supported by the Key Project of Zhe-jiang Province (No. 2006C13057)the CAS Program(No. KZCX1-YW-06-02)the Jiaxing City Project(No. 2005AZ3040).
文摘Particles of dust washed off streets by stormwater are an important pathway of polyaromatic hydrocarbons （PAHs） into urban streams. This article presented a comprehensive assessment of the size distribution of PAHs in street dust particles, the potential risks of the particles in urban streams, and the sources and sinks of PAHs in the stream network. This assessment was based on measurements of 16 PAHs from the USEPA priority list in street dust particles and river sediments in Xincheng, China. The content of total PAHs ranged from 1629 to 8986 Dg/kg in street dust particles, where smaller particles have a higher concentrations. Approximately 55% of the total PAHs were associated with particles less than 250 μm which accounted for 40% of the total mass of street dust. The PAH quantities increased from 2.41 to 46.86 μg/m2 in the sequence of new residential, rising through main roads, old town residential, commercial and industrial areas. The sediments in stream reaches in town were found to be sinks for street dust particle PAHs. The research findings suggested that particle size, land use and the hydrological conditions in the stream network were the factors which most influenced the total loads of PAH in the receiving water bodies.
文摘In this work, Jazan province （Saudi Arabia） was examined for its heavy metals content. Therefore, 15 street dust samples were collected, digested and analyzed in order to investigate the levels of selected heavy metals and propose the causes for the presence of these metals. All collected samples were digested using Leeds Public Analyst method. The concentrations of heavy metals （Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Cd, Co and Pb） were analyzed using atomic absorption spectroscopy. Six heavy metals （Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Co and Pb） were measured in all samples; the concentration of Cd was not detected in Jazan dust by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The heavy metals levels in Jazan street dust increase according to the following sequence： Fe 〉 Mn 〉 Zn 〉 Cu 〉 Pb 〉 Co. The correlation coefficients and enrichment factors relative to earth crust abundances of heavy metals were calculated in order to predict the possible sources in dust.
文摘Street dusts collected from 20 sites as well as three special dust samples collected from chimney of coal-fired plant, smelter and refinery of nonferrous metals and automobile exhaust, respectively, in the Chang-Zhu-Tan (Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan) urban region, Hunan, China, in May to August 2009, were investigated for sources of polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The ΣPAHs16 levels were in the range of 3515 - 24488 ng/g, with a mean of 8760 ng/g. The sources of PAH inputs to street dusts were determined by isomer ratios, principal components analysis and REE geochemical analysis. The isomer ratios suggested a rather uniform mixture of coal combustion and petroleum PAH sources. Factor analysis indicated that the main sources of 16 PAHs were coal combustion/vehicle exhaust and coking/ petroleum. Rare earth elements (REE) and Factor score analysis further indicated the possible dust sources were from background soil, coal or coking combustion, nonferrous metal factories, traffic exhaust.
文摘Street dust is a carrier of various pollutants widely distributed in the urban road environment, and has obvious particle size effect on environmental pollution. In this paper, the effects of particle size distribution on dust accumulation, heavy metal pollution and cleaning conditions are mainly discussed. Based on the particle size effect of street dust, the future research and control of non-point source pollution are given a breakthrough.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40474025)
文摘Magnetic measurements and heavy metal analyses were performed on street dusts from the main urban area of Chibi（赤壁） City,Hubei（湖北） Province,China.Results revealed that a PSD/MD（pseudo-single-domain/multi-domain） magnetite-like phase dominates the magnetic phases of the street dust.Concentration-related magnetic parameters,such as magnetic susceptibility（χ）,anhysteretic remanent magnetization（ARM）,and saturation isothermal remanent magnetization（SIRM） of samples increased in the main roads but appeared lower in the landscape area of the Lushui（陆水） Lake and closely correlated with the concentration of heavy metal Fe,Cu,and Co,and the correlation coefficients are 0.786 for Fe-χ,0.548 for Cu-χ,and 0.580 for Co-χ,respectively.However,much strong correlations between SIRM and the concentrations of heavy metal suggest that SIRM is a better indicator for heavy metal pollution in the street dust in the study area.The magnetic particles in the street dust are mainly derived from anthropogenic activities,such as vehicle emissions,abrasion of tires,coal combustion,cement works,and building materials.These results make it possible to use magnetic techniques as simple,rapid,and nondestructive tools for assessing the heavy metal pollutions in urbanization process.
基金supported in part by the statutory grant 3179/25/P-DBUPB/2015/063research work No. 3522/182/P realized in University of Technology and Humanities in Radomstatutory activities No. 3841/E-41/S/2022 of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland
文摘Street dust is one of the most important carriers of heavy metals(HMs)originating from natural and anthropogenic sources.The main purpose of the work was to identify which of Fe-bearing phases bind HMs in street dust.Magnetic parameters of the Fe-bearing components,mainly magnetically strong iron oxides,are used to assess the level of HM pollution.Chemical sequential extraction combined with magnetic methods(magnetic susceptibility,magnetization,remanent magnetization)allowed determining the metal-bearing fractions and identifying the iron forms that aremostly associated with traffic-related HMs.The use of Mossbauer spectrometry(MS)supplemented bymagnetic methods(thermomagnetic curves and psarameters of hysteresis loops)enabled precise identification and characterization of iron-containing minerals.The classification of HMs into five chemical fractions differing in mobility and bioaccessibility revealed that iron is most abundant(over 95%)in the residual fraction followed by the reducible fraction.HMs were present in reducible fraction in the following order:Pb>Zn>Mn>Cr>Ni>Fe>Cu,while they bound to the residual fraction in the following order:Fe>Ni>Cr>Mn>Pb>Cu>Zn.The signature of the anthropogenic origin of street dust is the presence of strongly nonstoichiometric and defected grains of magnetite and their porous surface.Magnetite also occurs as an admixture with maghemite,and with a significant proportion of hematite.A distinctive feature of street dust is the presence of metallic iron and iron carbides.Magnetic methods are efficient in the screening test to determine the level ofHMpollution,while MS helps to identify the iron-bearing minerals through the detection of iron.
基金Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.NCET-04-0727)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40032010B)111 Project(Grant No.B07011)
文摘Environmental magnetic measurements were carried out on the samples of street dust and topsoil,which were collected along the roadway in the urban and suburb of Beijing,including magnetic sus-ceptibility(χ),anhysteretic remanent magnetization(ARM),isothermal remanent magnetization(IRM)of all samples and temperature-dependence of magnetic susceptibilities and magnetic hysteresis pa-rameters of representative samples.Obvious differences exist between the samples of street dust and those of topsoil.Compared with topsoil samples,the concentration of magnetic particles and high-coercivity components in street dust samples are higher,and the magnetic grains are coarser.Both dust and topsoil samples are dominated by ferrimagnetic minerals,and iron particles are only detected in some dust samples.These results suggest that street dust samples reflect the characteris-tic of particles produced by industrial and traffic activities,and the magnetic property of topsoil sam-ples represents the characteristic of particles from both anthropogenic and natural sources.The dis-tribution of magnetic parameters is influenced by the environment where the samples are collected,like industry,traffic density and other road conditions.Hard isothermal remanent magnetization(HIRM)may be used as an indicator of particles produced by traffic activity.Dust storm samples collected on 17 and 18 April,2006 have different magnetic properties from street dust and natural particles,like loess and paleosol,which indicate that the dust storm might be mixed with anthropogenic particulates during transport and falling.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.40571147 and 40401064)
文摘Urban environmental problems are of increasing concern. Lanzhou is a large industrial city in North-west China. Street dust samples representing different temporal and spatial scales were collected for magnetic properties study. Magnetic measurements indicate a high concentration of magnetic minerals in Lanzhou street dust, dominated by pseudo-single domain (PSD) magnetite. The concentration of magnetic materials is distinctly high in winter and spring, low in autumn. Similarly, higher concentra-tions associated with heavy industry, concentrated residential development, and vehicular traffic sug-gest mixed contributions of magnetic material from both anthropogenic and natural sources. χ_lf and SOFT% are effective magnetic parameters that denote seasonal differences among magnetic proper-ties in street dust, convenient and economical methods for monitoring street dust pollution.
文摘Anand, the milk capital of India, is a developing city with increasing vehicles and developmental activities going on at a fast pace. This study attempts to investigate the zinc and chromium concentration in street dust, suspended particulate matter and in foliar dust deposits. Ten sampling locations were selected based on the traffic density on the roads and different anthropogenic activity. Sampling was carried out in the dry months of January to March 2011. The range of Zn and Cr was 16.82 - 108.29 ppm and 118 - 151.5 ppm in the street dust respectively. Zn concentration in Suspended particulate matter lies in the range of 12.41 to 86 ppm and Cr concentration between 75 to 130 ppm. The range of Cr in foliar deposited dust varied from 79.54 ppm to 31 ppm. Whereas, for Zn maximum concentration was in S10 which is 42.34 ppm and minimum was in site S9, 23.73 ppm. ANOVA single factor showed that at 0.05 level of significance site wise variation of zinc and chromium concentration in SPM, Street dust and foliar deposited dust was not significant signifying similar source of contamination. Which is further strengthened by the good positive correlation found between the Zn and Cr concentration of street dust, leaf deposited dust and SPM. The Contamination Factor in the sites where metal concentration was high was 1.24 in S10 and 1.06 in S5 for Zn. For chromium the value of CF was 1.77 in S10 and 1.67 in S5. These values indicate that street dust is moderately contaminated with respect to zinc and chromium.
