Main Title |
Mass balance determinations for pollutants in urban regions : methodology with applications to lead, zinc, cadmium, and arsenic / |
CORP Author |
California Institute of Technology. Department of Environmental Health Engineering. |
Publisher |
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory, |
Year Published |
1978 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/4-78-046; 68-03-4034; EPA-68-03-4034 |
Stock Number |
PB-286 241 |
OCLC Number |
04335988 |
ISBN |
pbk. |
Subjects |
Particle size determination ;
Pollution--United States ;
Environmental Pollution
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Additional Subjects |
Water pollution ;
Air pollution ;
Urban areas ;
Systems analysis ;
Arsenic ;
Cadmium ;
Zinc ;
Lead(Metal) ;
Methodology ;
Trace elements ;
Deposition ;
Exhaust emissions ;
Automobiles ;
Path of pollutants ;
Mass balance ;
Heavy metals ;
Automobile exhaust
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Internet Access |
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EKB |
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EKB copy is an NTIS reproduction. |
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Holdings |
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Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBD |
EPA 600-4-78-046 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
07/11/2016 |
EKBD |
EPA-600/4-78-046 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
08/01/2003 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-4-78-046 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ERAD |
EPA 600/4-78-046 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
10/29/2012 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-4-78-046 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
01/02/1998 |
NTIS |
PB-286 241 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
ix, 114 pages : illustrations, figures, tables ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
A methodology is presented for constructing mass balances for pollutants which move interactively through the air, land and water of an urban-industrial region. Results are reported for lead, zinc, cadmium, and arsenic based on experiments conducted specifically for this study, and on available data from the open literature. The principle on which the analysis is based is the conservation of mass equation for a given chemical element. Using chemical element balance as in flow diagrams for the movement of pollutants through the environment, rates of flow and accumulation can be estimated for the separate environmental compartments. |
Notes |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Contract No. Contract Number: 68-03-4034. "August 1978." Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-114). |
Contents Notes |
Introduction -- Summary. Mass balances for trace metals : state-of-the-art ; Mass balances for trace metals : future prospects -- Relation between airborne concentration and deposition of trace metals. Theory of deposition ; Size distributions ; Atmospheric size-distributions : isokinetic experiments ; Deposition of lead, zinc, and cadmium ; Experimental errors ; Andersen impactor cutoff diameters ; Discussion of trace-metals deposition studies -- Examples of mass balances. Automotive lead in the Los Angeles basin ; Lead in the saline branch watershed of Illinois ; Atmospheric trace-metal flows in the Los Angeles basin : zinc and cadmium -- Transport and deposition through the water route. Flows of arsenic in the Southern California water environment ; The ultimate fate of sewage particulate matter -- Concluding remarks. |