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Main Title Characteristics of Individual Particles at a Rural Site in the Eastern United States.
Author Mamane, Y. ; Dzubay, T. G. ;
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab.
Year Published 1986
Report Number EPA/600/J-86/353;
Stock Number PB87-196119
Additional Subjects Aerosols ; Rural areas ; Electron microscopes ; Air pollution ; Clay minerals ; Quartz ; Gypsum ; Calcite ; Ammonium sulfate ; Spores ; Pollen ; Fly ash ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB87-196119 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
To determine the nature of aerosol particles in a rural area of the eastern United States, aerosol samples were collected at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, on various substrates and analyzed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and a transmission electron microscope (TEM). SEM analysis of particles larger than 2.5 micrometers collected on Nuclepore filters revealed clay minerals, quartz, gypsum, calcite, spores, pollen, plant debris, fly ash, and sulfates. Particles ranging from 0.3 to 2 micrometers were analyzed by TEM for decomposition rate as well as for reaction with the barium chloride and nitron films.