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NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
Volume 269, Issue 24, Pages 3111-3114Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.04.083
Keywords
Chlorine; Chemical speciation; K beta emission; Atmoshperic particulate matter; Wavelength-dispersive PIXE
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Chemical speciation of chlorine (Cl) in atmospheric particulate matter (APM) was performed by using a wavelength-dispersive PIXE spectrograph based on high-resolution measurement of Cl-K beta emission. Samples of atmospheric particles were size-fractioned and collected by a cascade impactor at an urban area in Tokyo. The target position with respect to the spectrograph was precisely adjusted by a 2D laser displacement sensor to achieve high detection efficiency. The samples were irradiated with 2 MeV protons from a tandem electrostatic accelerator. The beam current was 300-500 nA. During the irradiation, the target was cooled by liquid nitrogen to avoid the evaporation of volatile Cl compounds. The measured spectra for the NaCl standard samples clearly showed the Cl-K beta series composed of the K beta(1) and the satellite K beta(x), K beta(5) lines. From the measured X-ray yields, it was found that the chemical speciation of samples with Cl concentrations as low as approximate to 1% is possible by this method. The Cl-K beta series were also successfully observed in the case of APM samples with particle sizes of 11.0-2.1 mu m. The spectra shapes of the NaCl standard samples and an APM sample were slightly different from each other, because of some possible mixing of non-sea salt component in the APM sample. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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