Changes in the elemental composition of particulate matter in a speleotherapeutic cave

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00116677

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1309104220300933?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1309104220300933?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2020.04.008" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.apr.2020.04.008</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Changes in the elemental composition of particulate matter in a speleotherapeutic cave

Original language description

Atmosphere inside caves used for speleotherapy are microenvironments influenced by ventilation and human activities inside. In this context, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter from 15 nm to 10 μm was collected with an electrical low-pressure impactor ELPI+ in the Císařská Cave in the northern part of the Moravian Karst (Czech Republic) and 33 elements were determined with inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry (ICPMS/MS). To see the effect of ventilation, samples were collected with closed and opened entrances. Nucleation mode particles (particles with aerodynamic diameter less than 10 nm) were dominant in particle number concentrations at both cave ventilation regimes. Aitken mode particles (10–100 nm) differed in the content of sulphur, calcium, iron, chromium, magnesium and nickel for different ventilation regimes. Accumulation mode particles (100–1000 nm) consisted predominantly of sulphur and calcium, also chromium, copper, arsenic, molybdenum, selenium, cadmium and lead were mainly present in this particle size range. Coarse mode particles (larger than 1000 nm) contained predominantly calcium, in addition to common earth crust elements, originating by mechanical abrasion of cave floor. It is suggested that ventilation as well as children activities in the cave influence the elemental composition of particulate matter, which might have an impact on speleotherapy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Atmospheric Pollution Research

ISSN

1309-1042

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

TR - TURKEY

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1142–1154

UT code for WoS article

000540897400011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85083635401