Application of TXRF in monitoring trace metals in particulate matter and cloud water

Fomba, Khanneh Wadinga; Deabji, Nabil; Barcha, Sayf El Islam; Ouchen, Ibrahim; Elbaramoussi, El Mehdi; El Moursli, Rajaa Cherkaoui; Harnafi, Mimoun; El Hajjaji, Souad; Mellouki, Abdelwahid; Herrmann, Hartmut

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4773-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4773-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4773-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Research article

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09 Sep 2020

Research article |

| 09 Sep 2020

Application of TXRF in monitoring trace metals in particulate matter and cloud water

Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Nabil Deabji, Sayf El Islam Barcha, Ibrahim Ouchen, El Mehdi Elbaramoussi, Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli, Mimoun Harnafi, Souad El Hajjaji, Abdelwahid Mellouki, and Hartmut Herrmann

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RC1: 'Reviewing amt-2019-428', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Refree #3', Hartmut Herrmann, 31 May 2020
RC2: 'CR2: Review1', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Refree #1', Hartmut Herrmann, 31 May 2020

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AR by Hartmut Herrmann on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jun 2020) by Pierre Herckes

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (12 Jun 2020)

RR by Semia Cherif (18 Jun 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Jun 2020) by Pierre Herckes

AR by Hartmut Herrmann on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Jun 2020) by Pierre Herckes

AR by Hartmut Herrmann on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2020)

Short summary

As air quality monitoring networks often sample aerosol particles on quartz filters, the development and applicability of analytical methods with quartz filters are becoming important. In this study different filter preparation methods (e.g., baking, acid digestion) were investigated for quantifying trace metals on quartz and polycarbonate filters, and cloud water using the total reflection X-Ray fluorescence (TXRF) technique, with low detection limits of about 0.3 ng cm⁻³ for some elements.