Monitoring of Fine Particles and Particles-bound Mercury in Seongbuk-gu Area of Seoul Metropolitan City

, Eun-Jung Park; , Jongwha Lee; , Dae-Seon Kim; , Kwangsik Park

Published online January 1, 1986

Journal of Environmental Toxicology 2007;22(2):185-188.

서울 성북지역 미세먼지 및 미세먼지결합 수은의 모니터링

박은정, 이종화, 김대선, 박광식

Monitoring of Fine Particles and Particles-bound Mercury in Seongbuk-gu Area of Seoul Metropolitan City

Eun-Jung Park , Jongwha Lee , Dae-Seon Kim , Kwangsik Park

ABSTRACT

PM10 and PM2.5 in ambient air were collected in Seongbuk-gu area of Seoul for one year, from April 2005 to February 2006, and the concentration of PM-bound mercury was monitored. The annual concentrations of particles were 66.4±43.2 ㎍/㎥ (47.6±19.1 ㎍/㎥~106.1±78.0 ㎍/㎥) in PM10 and 37.2±20.4 ㎍/㎥ (28.0±23.4 ㎍/㎥~42.7±21.4 ㎍/㎥) in PM2.5, which is about 56% of PM10 concentration. The annual average concentrations of mercury were 0.125±0.078 ng/㎥ in PM10 and 0.141 ±0.080 ng/㎥ in PM2.5, respectively. In April of Asian dust season in Korea, mercury showed the highest concentration in both PM10 and PM2.5.

Keywords: PM10; PM2.5; mercury; monitoring; Seoul