Primarily Elemental Composition of Dust in Riyadh City

Abstract. The aerosol particles in the ambient air are considered as the main causes of asthma and allergic diseases. The elemental composition of indoor and outdoor dust in Riyadh will be a good indicator for air quality and some health effects in this city. The analysis of the dust samples was per...

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Main Authors:	Mohammad A. Al-Eshaikh, Ahmed Kadachi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2005-01-01
Series:	Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918308109

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spelling	doaj-31031c85c95a4eeaa1503dbbdef50e6d2020-11-24T21:25:52ZengElsevierJournal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences1018-36392005-01-01172245249Primarily Elemental Composition of Dust in Riyadh CityMohammad A. Al-Eshaikh0Ahmed Kadachi1Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, PO Box 800, Riyadh 11421Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, PO Box 800, Riyadh 11421Abstract. The aerosol particles in the ambient air are considered as the main causes of asthma and allergic diseases. The elemental composition of indoor and outdoor dust in Riyadh will be a good indicator for air quality and some health effects in this city. The analysis of the dust samples was performed using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique. The results show a similar composition of the indoor and outdoor dust which most of it has mineral origin. It was observed that the concentration of Iron, Fe, increases in all indoor samples in detriment of a decrease in the concentration of calcium, Ca, compared to outdoor samples. For the heavy elements, only small traces of lead were detected.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018363918308109
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title	Primarily Elemental Composition of Dust in Riyadh City
title_short	Primarily Elemental Composition of Dust in Riyadh City
title_full	Primarily Elemental Composition of Dust in Riyadh City
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series	Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences
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description	Abstract. The aerosol particles in the ambient air are considered as the main causes of asthma and allergic diseases. The elemental composition of indoor and outdoor dust in Riyadh will be a good indicator for air quality and some health effects in this city. The analysis of the dust samples was performed using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique. The results show a similar composition of the indoor and outdoor dust which most of it has mineral origin. It was observed that the concentration of Iron, Fe, increases in all indoor samples in detriment of a decrease in the concentration of calcium, Ca, compared to outdoor samples. For the heavy elements, only small traces of lead were detected.
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Primarily Elemental Composition of Dust in Riyadh City

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