Caiqing Yan, Haibiao Chen, Fei Xu, Qinglong Fu, Ying Zhou, Ruizhi Zhou, Ruiyu Li, Mei Zheng, Mingjie Xie, Bin Jiang, Zhisheng Zhang, He Meng, Min Cui, Lingxiao Yang, Xuehua Zhou, Bing Chen
Firework (FW) events occur during various festivals worldwide and substantially negatively influence both air quality and human health. However, the effects of FWs on the chemical properties and formation of organic aerosols are far from clear. In this study, fine particulate matter (PM2.5 ) samples were collected in a suburban area in Qingdao, China during the Chinese Spring Festival. The concentrations of chemical species (especially carbonaceous components) in PM2.5 were measured using a combination of several state-of-the-art techniques...
May 2, 2024: Science of the Total Environment