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2010年12月

Performance Test of an Inertial Fibrous Filter for Ultrafine Particle Collection and the Possible Sulfate Loss when Using an Aluminum Substrate with Ultrasonic Extraction of Ionic Compounds

AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH
  • Kyung Hwan Kim
  • ,
  • Kazuhiko Sekiguchi
  • ,
  • Shinji Kudo
  • ,
  • Kazuhiko Sakamoto
  • ,
  • Mitsuhiko Hata
  • ,
  • Masami Furuuchi
  • ,
  • Yoshio Otani
  • ,
  • Naoko Tajima

10
6
開始ページ
616
終了ページ
624
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
DOI
10.4209/aaqr.2010.04.0033
出版者・発行元
TAIWAN ASSOC AEROSOL RES-TAAR

A sampler using inertial fibrous filters (INF) has been recently developed for ultrafine particle collection by impaction and filtration. This new sampler has a low pressure drop (20-30 kPa) and can separate particles smaller than 0.1 mu m with a high sampling flow rate (40 L/min). In this study, sampling performance of the INF sampler was evaluated in comparison with a reference sampler in the field as well as in the laboratory and the possible sulfate ion loss when using aluminum substrates for ion extraction in ultrasonic bath was discovered and investigated. When sampling ultrafine particles (Dp <= 0.1 mu m) such as carbonaceous and ionic species both in the field and in the laboratory, the performance of the INF sampler was similar to that of a reference sampler despite differences of sampling mechanism, cut-point diameter, and substrate proving that the INF sampler can be an alternative for ultrafine particle collection. Underestimation of sulfate concentration appeared to be unavoidable in ultrasonic extractions from aluminum substrates regardless of whether the extraction time was 30 or 90 min. The average sulfate loss during aluminum filter extraction was 45% (+/- 12%; min: 12%; max: 94%). Therefore, ultrasonic extraction from aluminum filters should be avoided to obtain unbiased measurements of sulfate concentration in ambient air or other ion extraction methods should be considered to minimize sulfate loss (dissolution of aluminum ions) from aluminum filters with sufficient extraction efficiency of ionic species.
The results of this study indicate that the performance of the INF sampler is almost similar to that of the nano-MOUDI sampler for ultrafine particle collection, while advantageous in terms of convenience, and analysis. Furthermore, the INF sampler can collect amounts of ultrafine particles that are sufficient for chemical analysis in a relatively short time, and the particles can be uniformly collected with a quartz fiber filter.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2010.04.0033
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000283514000011&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=78149255754&origin=inward
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.4209/aaqr.2010.04.0033
  • ISSN : 1680-8584
  • SCOPUS ID : 78149255754
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000283514000011

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