Title: The study of temple and pastureland particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons concentrations in central Taiwan

Authors: Guor-Cheng Fang, Yuh-Shen Wu, Peter Pi-Cheng Fu, Cheng-Nan Chang, Tse-Tsung Ho, Ming-Hsiang Chen

Addresses: Air Toxic and Environmental Analysis Laboratory, Hungkuang University, Sha-Lu, Taichung 433, Taiwan. ' Air Toxic and Environmental Analysis Laboratory, Hungkuang University, Sha-Lu, Taichung 433, Taiwan. ' Division of Biochemical Toxicology National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson AR 72079, USA. ' Department of Environmental Science, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan. ' Department of Environmental Science, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan. ' Department of Environmental Science, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan

Abstract: The concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere were measured simultaneously at Tzu Yun Yen temple and Tung Hai University pastureland in Taichung, central Taiwan. At both sites, 24 h samplings were performed between August 2001 and December 2001. The results indicated that high molecular mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are predominant at the Tzu Yun Yen temple sampling site. Moreover, the PM_2.5 (fine particulate) fraction of total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons was higher than that of the PM_2.5-10 (coarse particulate) fraction by a factor of about 1.48 at the temple sampling site. This ratio was 1.24 for the pastureland environment.

Keywords: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; PAH; pastureland; PM_2.5; PM_2.5-10; PM₁₀; temple; Taiwan; air pollution; particulate matter.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.006049

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2004 Vol.22 No.6, pp.688 - 700

Published online: 27 Jan 2005 *

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