AIRBORNE PARTICLES POLLUTION IN DEJ CITY

Authors

  • Ioan Aurel CHERECHES Faculty of Mechanics, Technical University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: aurel.chereches@auto.utcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-5264
  • Ioan PETEAN Research Center of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: ipetean@chem.ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-8817
  • Gertrud-Alexandra PALTINEAN Research Center of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: gertrud.paltinean@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-1978
  • Aurora MOCANU Research Center of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: aurora.mocanu@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8728-045X
  • Liana MURESAN Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: limur@chem.ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-2947
  • George ARGHIR Faculty of Materials and Environment Engineering, Technical University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: george.arghir@stm.utcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4341-9402
  • Maria TOMOAIA-COTISEL Research Center of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: maria.tomoaia@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0995-3006

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2018.4.13

Keywords:

Floating particles, PM10, hazard

Abstract

Environmental data achieved with the Air Quality Monitoring Station in Dej city, Romania, reveal a normal state of particulate matter (PM) emissions below the standard limit in April and May 2017. These airborne particles contain a large amount of mineral fractions such as: quartz, calcite, clays (e.g., kaolinite and muscovite), and lepidocrocite. Their size varies in a wide range: from 1 to 200 μm for floating particles (FP) and from 1 to 10 μm for PM10 observed by optical microscopy and SEM. The in vivo testing shows the ability of PM10 to penetrate into the upper respiratory tract. Mineral fractions were found in nasal exudates. At a shorter exposure time (e.g., 1 minute), only PM10 particles were observed. Particles larger than PM10 were found in nasal exudates at prolonged exposure for up to 3 minutes.

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CHERECHES, I. A. ., PETEAN, I. ., PALTINEAN, G.-A. ., MOCANU, A. ., MURESAN, L. ., ARGHIR, G. ., & TOMOAIA-COTISEL, M. . (2018). AIRBORNE PARTICLES POLLUTION IN DEJ CITY. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 63(4), 159–166. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2018.4.13

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