title: [Chemical characteristics and insoluble particulates' surface morphology of a snowfall process in the southeastern suburb of Urumqi].
abstract: In order to understand the composition and potential pollution of metal elements in precipitation in the southeastern suburb of Urumqi on February 21 to 23, 2012, soluble elements were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS); in addition, energy spectrum and morphological analysis were made for insoluble particulates. The results showed that the content of toxic heavy metals in snowfall was a little high; and the enrichment factors of Se, As and Cd were 124.65, 57.69 and 36.70, respectively, showing a typical coal pollution characteristic. The back trajectory cluster analysis suggested that the coal fly ash of snowfall mainly induced by air masses originated from the coal-fire power plant in the Southwestern sampling site. Morphology analyses conducted under an scan electron microscope demonstrated fly ash coming from coal burning process and irregular mineral are in the majority of insoluble particulates in snowfall, soot aggregates were compact, when the soot was wetted (the hygroscopic behaviour), and the morphology changed further. Insoluble particulates of the southeastern suburb of Urumqi were coal fly ash and insoluble soil minerals.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Wen-Shou
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Cai-Xia
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D003031:Coal; D060729:Coal Ash; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D011210:Power Plants; D012914:Snow / Q000737:chemistry*; D053260:Soot / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D003031:Coal; D060729:Coal Ash; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D053260:Soot