Pixe Analysis of Trace and Major Elements in Atmospheric Aerosol Particles at Three Different Sites of Debrecen City, Hungary

Abstract

Samples of atmospheric aerosol particles collected at three sites of Debrecen city, were analyzed with respect to 15 elements by PIXE method. The center of the city has higher concentration values for most of the trace elements than the other places, indicating that the human activity plays an important role in increasing the total particulate mass of atmospheric aerosol. The concentrations measured are compared to some other results in published literatures.