Zinc Contaminate on Urban Roadside in Rush Hour, Bangkok, Thailand

Authors: Sivapan Choo-In

Abstract:

This research aims to study the Zinc (Zn) concentration in fine particulate matter on Rajchawithee roadside in rush hour. 30 Samples were collected in Jun to August 2013 by 8 stage non-avaible cascade impactor. Each samples (filter paper) were digest with nitric acid and analyed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer for Zinc determination. The highest value for the mean fraction (18.00 ± 9.28%) is the size 9.0 – 110.0 micron follow by the range 3.3 – 4.7 micron (14.77 ± 14.66 %) and 1.1 – 2.1 micron (14.01 ± 11.77 %). The concentration of Zn in the particulate matter of range 0.43 – 0.7mm, 0.7 – 1.1 mm, 1.1 – 2.1 mm, 2.1 – 3.3 mm, 3.3 – 4.7 mm, 4.7 – 5.8 mm, 5.8 – 9.0 mm, 9.0 – 10.0 mm, were 41.56 – 217.62 mg/m³ (175.86 ±32.25 mg/m³), 152.60 – 217.24 mg/m³ (187.71 ± 17.42 mg/m³), 142.90 – 214.67 mg/m³(180.95 ± 18.71 mg/m³), 155.48 – 218.19 mg/m³(183.22 ± 19.94 mg/m³), 151.72 – 217.39 mg/m³(181.85 ± 17.57 mg/m³), 133.86 – 220.17 mg/m³ (178.78 ± 23.45 mg/m³), 160.00 – 220.35 mg/m³ (182.58 ± 18.08 mg/m³), 153.30 – 226.70 mg/m³ (181.52 ± 20.05 mg/m³), respectively. The Zn concentration in each size of particulate matter was not statistically significant different (p > .005)

Keywords: Air Pollution, Air Quality, Pollution and monitoring.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1093726

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