QUANTITATIVE X-RAY-DIFFRACTION PHASE-ANALYSIS OF COARSE AIRBORNE PARTICULATE COLLECTED BY CASCADE IMPACTOR SAMPLING

Authors
ESTEVE V RIUS J OCHANDO LE AMIGO JR
Citation
V. Esteve et al., QUANTITATIVE X-RAY-DIFFRACTION PHASE-ANALYSIS OF COARSE AIRBORNE PARTICULATE COLLECTED BY CASCADE IMPACTOR SAMPLING, Atmospheric environment, 31(23), 1997, pp. 3963-3967
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Atmospheric environment → ACNP
ISSN journal
13522310
Volume
31
Issue
23
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3963 - 3967
Database
ISI
SICI code
1352-2310(1997)31:23<3963:QXPOCA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Mineralogical composition of Castellon (Spanish Mediterranean coast) a tmospheric aerosol was studied by X-ray diffraction by sampling with a cascade impactor without filters. Quantitative phase analysis of natu ral phases present in the atmospheric coarse aerosol was performed usi ng a modified version of the computer program MENGE, that uses the sta ndardless X-ray method developed by Rius for the quantitative analysis of multiphase mixtures, adapted for PC running. Presence of quartz, c alcite and gypsum was identified in the atmospheric aerosol and we hav e quantified their amounts using the standardless method. (C) 1997 Els evier Science Ltd.