Anthropogenic platinum group element (Pt, Pd, Rh) concentrations in PM10 and PM2.5 from Kolkata, India

• Main Authors: Diong, Huey Ting, Das, Reshmi, Khezri, Bahareh, Srivastava, Bijayen, Wang, Xianfeng, Sikdar, Pradip K., Webster, Richard David
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Platinum group element (PGE); Catalytic converters
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80743; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42231
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigates platinum group elements (PGEs) in the breathable (PM10) and respirable (PM2.5) fractions of air particulates from a heavily polluted Indian metro city. The samples were collected from traffic junctions at the heart of the city and industrial sites in the suburbs during winter...