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GAW Report No. 205 - IGAC Project

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CHAPTER 2 - AFRICAthan near Abidjan. In contrast to Abidjan, lower concentrations of lead are measured in Dakar : thisis due to unleaded gasoline effectively used in Dakar, which has not yet been implemented inAbidjan. Same conclusions appear for SO 4 concentrations in both studies, higher at urban than atrural sites due to unregulated combustion of fossil fuels in the traffic and industrial sectors. Bothstudies also suggest possible coating by VOC, inorganics and PAH onto PM particles, with higherspecific surface areas at urban than at rural sites.Table 3 - Inorganic and ionic compositions of collected PM. Inorganic compounds were detected in particle matter (PM) byinductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectrometry. Ionic compounds were quantified with ionic chromatography[Kouassi et al., 2010]Ions;(µg;mg − 1;PM) Rural Urban IndustrialCl− 6.17 3.35 31.37NH4+ 6.16 2.65 4.30NO3 12.23 19.62 20.04SO4 19.62 13.36 17.24Metals;(µg;mg − 1;PM)Al 78.79 60.59 56.01Ca 31.57 35.54 36.31Cr 0.11 1.44 0.86Cu 0.14 0.24 0.11Fe 46.32 54.25 34.30K 16.20 9.69 17.45Mg 11.55 7.19 10.75Mn 2.79 0.68 0.57Na 9.59 10.06 24.64Ni 0.07 0.05 0.07Pb 0.06 0.49 0.40Sb

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