TY - GEN
T1 - Distribution of heavy metals and other components in the various size fractions of house dust
AU - Lanzerstorfer, Christof
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Avestia Publishing, 2017.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - For the investigation of the distribution of heavy metals and other components in the various size fractions of house dust the dust sample was separated into size fractions by sieving and air classification. The analysis of the size fractions shows that the heavy metals and the other components are not uniformly distributed in the different size fractions. The highest total carbon (TC) concentrations were found in the size fractions with a mass median diameter of 18 to 95 μm, while in the coarser size fractions and in the finest size fraction the TC was lower. In contrast, for many heavy metals and other metals (e.g. Al, Fe, Mn, Ti, Ba, Sr, As, Cu, V) the maximum concentrations were found in the finest size fraction and with increasing size of the dust fractions the concentrations decreased. The distribution of Zn was different. In the four finest size fractions the concentration was nearly constant.
AB - For the investigation of the distribution of heavy metals and other components in the various size fractions of house dust the dust sample was separated into size fractions by sieving and air classification. The analysis of the size fractions shows that the heavy metals and the other components are not uniformly distributed in the different size fractions. The highest total carbon (TC) concentrations were found in the size fractions with a mass median diameter of 18 to 95 μm, while in the coarser size fractions and in the finest size fraction the TC was lower. In contrast, for many heavy metals and other metals (e.g. Al, Fe, Mn, Ti, Ba, Sr, As, Cu, V) the maximum concentrations were found in the finest size fraction and with increasing size of the dust fractions the concentrations decreased. The distribution of Zn was different. In the four finest size fractions the concentration was nearly constant.
KW - Air classification
KW - Dust composition
KW - Heavy metals
KW - House dust
KW - Size distribution
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U2 - 10.11159/icepr16.166
DO - 10.11159/icepr16.166
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781927877265
T3 - Proceedings of the World Congress on New Technologies
BT - Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress on New Technologies, NEWTECH 2016
PB - Avestia Publishing
T2 - Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress on New Technologies, NEWTECH 2016
Y2 - 18 August 2016 through 19 August 2016
ER -