PM chemical composition and oxidative potential of the soluble fraction of particles at two sites in the urban area of Milan, Northern Italy

被引：91

作者：

Perrone, Maria Grazia ^{[1
]}

Zhou, Jun ^{[2
]}

Malandrino, Mery ^{[3
]}

Sangiorgi, Giorgia ^{[1
]}

Rizzi, Cristiana ^{[1
]}

Ferrero, Luca ^{[1
]}

Dommen, Josef ^{[2
]}

Bolzacchini, Ezio ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Milano Bicocca, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Pzza Sci 1, I-20126 Milan, Italy

[2] Paul Scherrer Inst, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland

[3] Univ Turin, Dept Chem, Via P Giuria 5, I-10125 Turin, Italy

来源：

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT | 2016年 / 128卷

基金：

瑞士国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Particulate matter; Chemical speciation; Urban area; Redox activity; DTT; DCFH; OXYGEN SPECIES ROS; PARTICULATE MATTER; DITHIOTHREITOL DTT; AIR-QUALITY; PM2.5; TOXICITY; FINE; SIZE; ONLINE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.12.040

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Recent epidemiological evidence support the hypothesis that health effects from inhalation of air particles are governed by more than just particle mass, since specific chemical components have been identified as important contributors to mortality and hospitality admissions. We studied the chemical composition and the oxidative potential (OP) of total suspended particle (TSP) samples from Milan at two sites with different traffic loads: a site in the low emission zone (LEZ) and a traffic site (TR) outside. Two a-cellular assays; dithiothreitol (OPDTT) and 2',7' dichlorofluorescin (OPDCFH) were used to characterize the OP of the soluble fraction of particles. TSP samples from LEZ showed significantly lower concentrations of traffic-related chemical components compared to TR. The decrease in the concentrations from TR to LEZ was maximum for EC, with a LEZ/TR ratio of 0.64 (+/- 0.18), and a significant reduction (p < 0.01) was also observed for PAHs (LEZ/TR = 0.73 +/- 0.16), elements (Mn, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb: LEZ/TR ranged between 0.64 and 0.82), OC (LEZ/TR = 0.85 +/- 0.12) and NH4+ (LEZ/TR = 0.92 +/- 0.07). OP measures, expressed as OP/m(3) or OP/mg, were comparable between sites both for OPDTT and OPDCFH, thus not showing any significant impact of local traffic on OP values at sites. OPDTT and OPDCFH showed contrasting seasonal and daily trends, indicating that the two a-cellular assays gave complementary information on the OP of particles in Milan. The two OP assays resulted to be sensitive to different chemical properties of PM samples. OPDTT correlated positively only with Global Radiation (Spearman's r(s) = 0.38, p < 0.05), which could be considered as a proxy for high concentrations of secondary oxidizing organics, while OPDCFH was related to various PM chemical species, mainly correlated with total mass (r(s) = 0.65; p < 0.01), elements (e.g. Zn, r(s) = 0.67; As, r(s) = 0.65; p < 0.01) and the sum of sulfate and nitrate (r(s) = 0.63; p < 0.01), a proxy for secondary aerosol. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：104 / 113

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