DETERMINATION OF ELEMENT CONCENTRATION AND PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN BEIJING URBAN ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL

The atmospheric aerosol samples are collected in Beijing using a ten-stage cascade impactor sampler, and the elemental concentrations are analyzed by the PIXE analytical method. The parameters of particle size distributions are determined by the use of log-normal plots and the least-squares minimization. From these parameters the total amount of deposit in a day at the naso-pharyngeal, tracheo-bronchial and pulmonary are evaluated based on the deposition and retention models.