Abstract
The proton-induced X-ray emission technique is one of the most suitable methods in the study of the multielement content of atmospheric aerosols. Atmospheric aerosol samples were collected in winter using an eight-stage cascade impactor at a site of the urban center and a rural site of Beijing. The aerosol samples collected were analyzed to determine maximum, minimum, and average concentrations of up to 20 elements and the ratios of the average element concentrations for the coarse to fine particles (C/F) by the PIXE technique. It has been found that the average elemental concentrations in the urban center are higher than those in the rural area, except S and Br. The concentrations for S and Pb in the atmospheric aerosols are found to be less than the results of previous measurement, but their concentrations in the fine particles increased in winter in the samples from the urban center. The deposition probability of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) mode and the mass particle-size distributions of the elements determined in the urban center have been utilized to evaluate inhalable particulate matter fractions retained in the three regions of one's respiratory tract and their harm to human health is discussed.
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