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Atmospheric Metal Pollution Vol.2
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Atmospheric Metal Pollution Vol.2

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2022) | Viewed by 7160

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Prof. Dr. Xinbin Feng

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State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry (SKLEG), Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
Interests: mercury biogeochemical cycling; mercury exposure and health; mercury stable isotopes; remediation of mercury contaminated lands
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Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin

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Center for Advances on Water and Air Quality, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710-0088, USA
Interests: mercury stable isotopes; atmospheric mercury chemistry; chemical transport and deposition of mercury
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Prof. Dr. Xuewu Fu

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State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 55008, China
Interests: atmospheric mercury monitoring; mercury stable isotope; transport and transformation of atmospheric pollutant; heavy metal geochemistry
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Toxic metals can be transported in the atmosphere as gas or/and fine particulates over long distances, causing adverse impacts to both terrestrial and aquatic environments in remote areas after depositing to the Earth’s surface. Coal combustion, metal smelting, and other human activities release a large amount of toxic metals into the atmosphere. Understanding the sources of atmospheric metal pollution and transport and deposition pathways are crucial to understanding the environmental impacts of toxic metal pollution on ecosystems.

This Special Issue is a follow-up of the first Special Issue entitled “Atmospheric Metal Pollution” published in Atmosphere in 2018 and will cover all aspects of atmospheric metal pollution issues, such as the emission inventory of toxic metals to the atmosphere, the speciation, and concentration of toxic metals in the atmosphere, the isotopic compositions of metals in airborne particulate matters, the source attributions of toxic metals in the atmosphere, as well as local-, regional- and global-scale transport modeling of toxic metals in the atmosphere.

Prof. Dr. Xinbin Feng
Prof. Dr. Jerry Lin
Prof. Dr. Xuewu Fu
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Keywords

  • Atmospheric toxic metals 
  • Emission 
  • Speciation and concentration 
  • Stable isotope 
  • Source identification 
  • Transport 
  • Modeling

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Assessment of the Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals and Other Elements in the Mountain Crimea Using Moss Biomonitoring Technique
by Pavel Nekhoroshkov, Alexandra Peshkova, Inga Zinicovscaia, Konstantin Vergel and Alexandra Kravtsova
Atmosphere 2022, 13(4), 573; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos13040573 - 02 Apr 2022
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The atmospheric depositions of heavy metals and other elements on the territory of Crimean Mountains in 2015 was assessed using the moss biomonitoring technique. The neutron activation analysis performed at the installation REGATA of the IBR-2 reactor was used for the determination of [...] Read more.
The atmospheric depositions of heavy metals and other elements on the territory of Crimean Mountains in 2015 was assessed using the moss biomonitoring technique. The neutron activation analysis performed at the installation REGATA of the IBR-2 reactor was used for the determination of the mass fractions of 34 elements (Na, Mg, Al, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Sb, I, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb, Ta, Th, and U). Factor analysis, concentration factors, and enrichment factors were used to reveal possible sources of elements in the mosses. The main contributor to the deposition of elements on the mosses was the weathering of rock materials. The second group of elements included Br and I. The agriculture and marine sources of emissions were found to be important factors of atmospheric Br and I, respectively. The representing maps of the distribution of heavy metals and other elements revealed high levels of elements at the South coast of Crimea and near the city of Simferopol. The comparison of the obtained data with the data of biomonitoring studies performed for other mountain regions showed higher levels of Al, V, Cr, Fe, Ni, and As than in the mosses from Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Norway, but lower than in the mosses from Georgia, Turkey, Romania, and Northern Serbia. The presented results could serve as a basis for future monitoring research. Full article
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Substance Flow Analysis of Zinc in Two Preheater–Precalciner Cement Plants and the Associated Atmospheric Emissions
by Zhonggen Li, Yiming Huang, Xinyu Li, Guan Wang, Qingfeng Wang, Guangyi Sun and Xinbin Feng
Atmosphere 2022, 13(1), 128; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos13010128 - 13 Jan 2022
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Atmospheric emission of heavy metals from different anthropogenic sources is a great concern to human beings due to their toxicities. In order to disclose the emission levels and the distribution patterns of zinc (Zn) in the modern cement industry with respect to its [...] Read more.
Atmospheric emission of heavy metals from different anthropogenic sources is a great concern to human beings due to their toxicities. In order to disclose the emission levels and the distribution patterns of zinc (Zn) in the modern cement industry with respect to its low boiling point (~900 °C) comparing to the high-temperature (1450 °C) clinker production process, solid samples representing the input and output flow of Zn during the entire production process in two preheater–precalciner cement plants (CPs) were collected and analyzed. For the first time, it was found that the behaviour of Zn inside different precalciner CPs was similar despite a huge difference in the Zn inputs to the CPs; namely, almost all the Zn input was output in clinker, which was then mixed with different additives and retarder to make cement products. The high-temperature clinkerisation process would incorporate Zn into the aluminosilicate of clinker. As a result, there was no enrichment of Zn during clinker production and the atmospheric emission factor was relatively low at 0.002%, or 1.28–9.39 mg Zn·t−1 clinker. Our result for the atmospheric Zn emissions from CPs was much lower than most previous reports, implying the CPs were not a crucial Zn emission source. However, the higher load of Zn in some raw/alternative materials—like nonferrous smelting slag with a Zn content of ~2%—could greatly increase the content of Zn in clinker and cement products. Therefore, further investigation on the environmental stability of Zn in such Zn-laden cement and concrete should be carried out. Full article
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