Applications of micro-analysis to individual environmental particles

Jambers, Wendy; Bock, Lieve De; Grieken, R. Van

doi:10.1007/s0021663550521

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“…In the map, twelve lead-containing particles were found in the area of about 3 Â 3 mm 2 . [18] In contrast, no sulfur peak was observed in the spectrum of the lead-containing particles in the CFA, suggesting that the particles mainly consist of lead oxide. The elemental analysis results show that the leadcontaining particles in the UPM and VEP samples have strong lead and sulfur peaks.…”

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Application of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry to the Measurement of Lead Isotope Ratio in Individual Particles

Esaka

Watanabe

Magara

et al. 2004

Instrumentation Science & Technology

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The capability of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) for lead isotope ratio measurements of individual particles has been demonstrated by measuring leadcontaining particles in three kinds of environmental certified reference materials (CRMs): urban particulate matter, vehicle exhaust particulates, and coal fly ash. After mounting of the sample onto a glassy carbon carrier, the particles containing lead were identified and located by an electron probe micro-analyzer equipped with wavelength dispersive x-ray spectrometers. The isotope ratios of 207 Pb/ 206 Pb and 208 Pb/ 206 Pb for the individual particles on the carrier were determined by SIMS. The relative standard deviations of the lead isotope ratios were less than 1.6% for all particles measured. It was demonstrated that the results of the lead isotope ratios were clearly distinguished among the three samples. Moreover, the particles in the vehicle exhaust particulate sample were classified into two groups according to lead isotope ratios. The results indicated that the present SIMS technique can provide detailed information with regard to the origin and the transportation of individual particles, ORDER REPRINTS which is difficult to obtain by conventional bulk analysis techniques such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and thermal ionization mass spectrometry.

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Application of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry to the Measurement of Lead Isotope Ratio in Individual Particles

Esaka

Watanabe

Magara

et al. 2004

Instrumentation Science & Technology

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“…The contribution of environmental dust to low atmosphere processes and human health is of great importance, especially concerning particles smaller than 10 (im (PMIO), rich of heavy metals or toxic trace elements [1,2]. This makes the applied here electronmicroscope analysis (SEM, TEM and EPXMA) of single PMIO a valuable comparative method for air pollution characterization [3].…”

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Comparative EPXMA, SEM and TEM Analysis of Dust Particles collected in the Czech Republic

Stoyanova¹,

Fišák²,

Chaloupecky³

et al. 2007

AIP Conference Proceedings

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“…A laboratory-made constant-acceleration type Mössbauer spectrometer equipped with a 1024-channel analyser operating in the time-scale mode and a 925 MBq 57 Co/Rh source was employed. For further details, see ref.…”

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“…Relevant recent instrumental advances are discussed in a later section. The method has been used for aerosol characterization by Jambers et al 57…”

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Chemical characterization of environmental and industrial particulate samples†

Ortner¹,

Hoffmann²,

Weinbruch³

et al. 1998

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The characterization of particles, especially aerosol particles, is of great importance to many scientific fields. A relevant brief overview is given. A rigorous scheme of sampling and in-depth characterization of particulate samples has been developed in the authors' laboratories and by collaborative groups, including investigations by the following techniques: total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for quantitative bulk characterization; solid-state speciation by valence band X-ray spectrometry using electron microprobe or Mössbauer spectrometry (only bulk particle characterization possible); scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis for automatic semiquantitative single particle characterization of particles ≥ 0.5 mm; transmission electron microscopy for semiquantitative single particle characterization of particles with diameters down to 10 nm; high resolution-scanning electron microscopy, which is also capable of characterizing particles morphologically and qualitatively down to 10 nm in diameter; secondary ion mass spectrometry for the study of trace elemental distributions and isotopic ratios in particles with diameters above 1 mm. It is the aim of this paper to show the advantages and characteristics of this scheme of analysis to match today's requirements for topochemical methods of analysis. For this purpose a short overview of these methods for particle characterization is also presented.

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Applications of micro-analysis to individual environmental particles

Cited by 16 publications

References 23 publications

Application of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry to the Measurement of Lead Isotope Ratio in Individual Particles

Application of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry to the Measurement of Lead Isotope Ratio in Individual Particles

Comparative EPXMA, SEM and TEM Analysis of Dust Particles collected in the Czech Republic

Chemical characterization of environmental and industrial particulate samples†

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