Numerous smog events have occurred in recent years in China. Their hazards in mining and industrial cities are more serious than clear days. The samples were collected in the mining and industrial city of Handan. During the smog episode, PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations reach up to 980 μg/m3 and 660 μg/m3, respectively. Under SEM (scanning electron microscope) analysis, the particles consist of soot, fly ash and minerals, which could be from coal mines, power plants, steel mills and auto exhausts. Compared with the samples collected on a clear day, the increased PM10 particles are mainly composed of organic matter, especially aromatic compounds. The Pb content in PM10 of the smog day reaches 507.4 ng/m3 and could be caused by vehicle emissions.
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December 01 2014
The smog pollution in Handan - a mining and industrial city in China Available to Purchase
Jinxi Wang;
Jinxi Wang
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Key Laboratory of Resource Exploration Research of Hebei Province, Hebei University of Engineering, Guangmingnan Street 195, Handan, Hebei 056038, China
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Hongya Niu;
Hongya Niu
1
Key Laboratory of Resource Exploration Research of Hebei Province, Hebei University of Engineering, Guangmingnan Street 195, Handan, Hebei 056038, China
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Pei Ling;
Pei Ling
2
Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Coal Exploitation, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, Hebei, China
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Jingsen Fan;
Jingsen Fan
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Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Coal Exploitation, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, Hebei, China
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Kunli Luo;
Kunli Luo
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Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resource Research, CAS, Building 917, 3 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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Maxim Blokhin;
Maxim Blokhin
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Far East Geological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia
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Yuzhuang Sun
Yuzhuang Sun
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Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center of Coal Exploitation, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, Hebei, China
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2515-8082
Print ISSN: 1708-5284
World Journal of Engineering (2014) 11 (6): 613–620.
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Wang J, Niu H, Ling P, Fan J, Luo K, Blokhin M, Sun Y (2014), "The smog pollution in Handan - a mining and industrial city in China". World Journal of Engineering, Vol. 11 No. 6 pp. 613–620, doi: https://doi.org/10.1260/1708-5284.11.6.613
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