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ID 111675
Author
Kodama, Kenji Rigaku
Nishimoto, Jun Prefectural University of Hiroshima
Kikuchi, Yoichi Iwate University
Keywords
Speciation
sulfur
WDXRF
chemical shift
rime
snow
aerosol
wet deposition
remote area
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Using a commercially available wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer, the chemical composition and S-Kα spectrum of rime and snow samples collected in remote and rural areas of Japan were measured with a membrane filter sample technique to investigate the long-range transport of aerosol from the East Asian continent. Insoluble substances are derived into three categories: 1) conventional mineral origin (crustal substance), 2) urban dust origin (Fe-Zn-Ca) and 3) coal origin (S-As). Assuming that (i) S(VI) was found as a plaster-like substance in hard rime, depending on [Ca], and that (ii) S(-II) was found as non-crustal sulfur compounds, fractions of S(VI) and S(-II) in rime could be calculated as 35 ± 6 and 66 ± 7% by [Ca], which is in agreement with 32 ± 8 and 68 ± 8%, respectively, by the chemical shift of the S-Kα line. During a one-day meteorological event that included the accumulation of both rime and snow, differences to the snow-like content corresponded to characteristics typical of rime since the chemical compositions of rime also includes the composition of the snow. The fractions of 22 ± 12% of S(VI) and 76 ± 12% of S(-II), respectively, were found in rime. The fraction of S(-II) decreased from the Chugoku district towards the Shikoku district. Along the coast of the Japan Sea, the fraction of S(-II) decreased from Chugoku district toward the Northeast Japan. It can be proposed that other analytical techniques of S, Al, and Ca in that are favorable to this fractionation.
Journal Title
Analytical Sciences
ISSN
13482246
09106340
NCID
AA12022210
AA10500785
Publisher
The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
Volume
34
Issue
5
Start Page
589
End Page
598
Published Date
2018-05-10
Rights
© 2018 by The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
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eng
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