PM2.5 (sandstorm-related) was sampled at four sites near dust source areas in Northern China in spring 2012. Every site was away from obvious pollution source. After drying 24 hours in a dry dish, X-ray diffraction (XRD), x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) of all the samples were examined. The main phases were quartz, albite, calcite and mica. SEM observations showed that the particles were mainly irregular shaped, but different sample the particle morphology is slightly different. And the surface was rough because of erosion mark or pores on them. The chemical composition of PM2.5 is characteristic of high SiO2 and CaO, while low K2O, Na2O. Main elements of the samples were Si, Al, Fe, Ca, which were familiar with crust elements and dust fall components [, but some samples also contained low-level heavy metals like As and Pb.

The objective of this study is preparing a novel environmental friendly light weight magnetic sorbent consisting of bacteria and cobalt by chemical process to further cleaning crude oil spills in sea. The observations by ESEM indicated that a thin granular layer covered on the surface of model microorganism of Staphylococcus epidermildis which provided host for absorbing cobalt ions and depositing cobalt particulates. The results showed that composite present flower-like microspheres with large-scale yields. The high temperature treatment of amorphous bacteria composited cobalt microspheres showed that it well crystallized corresponding to Co3O4 at 800 °C. The microorganism composited magnetic sorbent opens an important alternation absorbent for timely oil spill cleanup.