Chemical characterization of airborne particulate matter in ambient air of Nagoya, Japan, as studied by the multielement determination with ICP-AES and ICP-MS.

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Published in Anal Sci on February 01, 2007

Authors

Taku Fukai1, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Masahiro Sakaguchi, Masanori Aoki, Tsuyoshi Saito, Eiji Fujimori, Hiroki Haraguchi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan.

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