Elemental and isotopic compositions in blank filters collecting atmospheric particulates

Lee, Jiyeong; Ryu, Jong-Sik; Jeong, Seok; Kim, Jeonghoon; Jeong, Hyeryeong; Ra, Kongtae; Yang, Minjune; Chang, Hye Jung

doi:10.1186/s40543-021-00279-1

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology

Table 1 Mean major and trace elemental concentrations in the filters

From: Elemental and isotopic compositions in blank filters collecting atmospheric particulates

Sample	Manufacturer¹	Diameter	Pore size	Na	1σ	K	1σ	Fe	1σ	Mg	1σ	Ca	1σ	P	1σ	Al	1σ	Ti	1σ	Cr	1σ	Mn	1σ	Cu	1σ	Zn	1σ	As	1σ	Cd	1σ	Pb	1σ	Sb	1σ	Sr	1σ
Sample	Manufacturer¹	(mm)	(μm)	(mg/cm²)																(μg/cm²)
Nitrocellulose filter (NC)
NC-1	[1]	25	0.22	133	9	4.39	0.22	0.68	0.56	4.89	2.35	26.6	1.0	0.18	0.08	0.87	0.17	0.04	0.03	1816	409	52.7	6.5	211	48	115	46	1.54	1.03	0.27	0.12	N.D.		2.09	0.51	79.6	3.5
NC-2	[1]	25	0.45	179	18	3.99	0.30	N.D.		7.75	3.42	27.9	0.9	21.7	0.9	0.61	0.08	0.06	0.02	1641	235	39.4	1.0	304	17	617	317	N.D.		1.08	0.51	N.D.		1.04	0.70	89.5	2.3
NC-3	[1]	25	0.8	167	2	4.23	0.27	1.30	0.61	13.6	11.4	27.1	1.4	167	2	0.83	0.18	0.22	0.00	1820	292	45.8	1.7	557	47	210	138	1.87	2.26	0.05	0.04	2.17	1.03	2.11	0.59	100	5
NC-4	[1]	37	0.45	154	5	2.46	0.14	1.02	0.51	1.88	0.14	15.2	0.7	50.8	0.8	0.29	0.02	0.09	0.02	675	60	24.5	1.4	330	16	121	14.5	0.43	0.44	0.02	0.01	4.60	2.33	0.61	0.26	54.7	1.6
NC-5	[1]	37	0.8	75.7	4.9	1.83	0.04	1.42	0.67	1.41	0.30	12.1	0.2	74.1	4.1	0.28	0.05	0.09	0.00	792	69	25.9	3.9	274	36	50.0	13.5	0.07	0.05	0.01	0.00	1.90	0.84	1.04	0.18	45.9	0.6
NC-6	[1]	47	0.22	41.9	0.6	1.48	0.03	0.28	0.04	0.77	0.04	6.90	0.12	0.07	0.00	0.22	0.03	0.02	0.01	566	71	18.7	1.2	139	41	30.4	20.9	0.27	0.07	0.03	0.01	0.86	0.64	0.22	0.11	24.3	1.3
NC-7	[1]	47	0.45	41.2	0.3	1.36	0.05	0.56	0.44	1.18	0.02	12.9	0.3	0.11	0.00	0.21	0.14	0.01	0.00	422	99	33.6	3.3	71.6	1.7	5.40	1.43	0.14	0.10	0.01	0.00	N.D.		0.09	0.10	43.0	1.8
NC-8	[1]	47	0.8	46.5	0.6	1.17	0.04	0.19	0.12	1.08	0.37	8.01	0.23	44.9	0.2	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.01	549	36	17.4	0.9	189	7	67.8	18.9	0.12	0.02	0.01	0.01	N.D.		0.41	0.11	33.1	1.0
NC-9	[1]	90	0.22	5.49	0.19	0.32	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.21	0.00	2.14	0.01	0.42	0.07	0.08	0.01	0.01	0.00	94.1	17.8	73.0	9.7	21.1	2.2	10.9	1.9	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.34	0.09	0.03	0.00	5.37	0.36
NC-10	[1]	90	0.45	11.1	0.2	0.35	0.01	0.11	0.00	0.22	0.00	2.18	0.01	3.32	0.05	0.08	0.01	0.01	0.00	116	10	69.9	6.9	30.2	3.3	17.1	2.1	N.D.		N.D.		0.92	0.19	0.06	0.01	5.31	0.29
NC-11	[1]	90	0.8	6.17	0.28	0.34	0.01	0.11	0.00	0.21	0.00	2.14	0.01	11.6	0.1	0.08	0.02	0.01	0.00	123	5	70.0	5.8	31.6	1.3	9.60	0.78	N.D.		0.02	0.01	0.67	0.04	0.09	0.02	4.89	0.13
Nylon filter
Nylon-12	[1]	47	1	0.62	0.04	0.12	0.01	N.D.		0.42	0.10	0.15	0.01	0.47	0.01	0.19	0.03	11.3	1.2	323	21	114	31	24.2	7.0	67.3	39.1	ND		0.10	0.03	2.62	1.24	2693	151	2.81	0.78
Polytetrafluoroethylene filter (PTFE)
PTFE-13	[1]	46	2	1.43	0.16	0.04	0.01	0.17	0.02	0.25	0.03	0.95	0.13	0.14	0.03	2.00	0.28	0.02	0.00	94.7	9.5	57.4	6.6	5.90	1.95	11.8	4.9	N.D.		N.D.		N.D.		0.37	0.03	1.06	0.41
PTFE-14	[1]	47	0.5	0.15	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.06	0.00	0.31	0.10	0.04	0.02	0.13	0.02	0.16	0.06	0.01	0.00	32.0	3.4	23.1	3.4	4.13	1.35	4.99	2.32	N.D.		N.D.		N.D.		0.31	0.11	0.02	0.01
PTFE-15	[1]	47	2	0.20	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.04	0.16	0.09	0.33	0.20	0.23	0.11	0.24	0.16	0.05	0.02	32.4	2.4	14.8	12.3	17.6	10.8	29.7	19.2	N.D.		N.D.		4.95	4.25	0.42	0.15	0.28	0.15
PTFE-16	[2]	47	2	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.06	0.01	0.07	0.01	0.94	0.13	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.04	0.01	0.00	21.6	2.8	18.9	4.0	57.1	64	183	210	N.D.		N.D.		N.D.		0.17	0.04	0.47	0.27
PTFE-17	[1]	200 × 200	0.22	0.02	0.01	N.D.		N.D.		0.10	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.09	0.03	N.D.		7.95	0.79	2.36	1.04	1.32	0.73	4.02	2.20	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.03	0.01	0.05	0.01	0.08	0.05
PTFE-18	[1]	200 × 200	0.45	N.D.		N.D.		N.D.		0.14	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.05	0.01	0.14	0.04	0.01	0.00	13.2	1.3	2.82	0.96	0.83	0.28	1.96	1.06	0.09	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.42	0.20	0.08	0.01	0.05	0.05
PTFE-19	[1]	200 × 200	1	0.06	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.06	0.06	0.47	0.36	0.07	0.08	0.01	0.01	20.8	8.4	7.98	6.39	1.67	1.95	4.12	4.46	0.16	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.13	0.04	0.07	0.10
Glass fiber filter (GF)
GF-20	[1]	203 × 254	1.6	1158	16	450	3	15.4	0.2	47.8	1.0	186	3	3.24	0.06	514	5	2.67	0.07	55.5	5.8	5728	228	156540	2698	534894	5670	6.32	2.20	64.5	2.4	452	12	8.11	0.25	6710	162
GF-21	[1]	203 × 254	1.2	1056	40	434	18	15.1	0.5	38.6	1.2	169	7	3.46	0.16	487	19	2.42	0.04	54.9	2.2	5894	189	152530	5920	517844	19717	9.13	0.93	82.3	2.1	488	16	7.74	0.30	6740	206

1σ, 1 standard deviation (n = 3); N.D not detected
¹[1] Pall corporation (USA); [2] GVS filter technology (USA)

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