Zinc Contaminate on Urban Roadside in Rush Hour, Bangkok, Thailand

This research aims to study the Zinc (Zn) concentration in fine particulate matter on Rajchawithee roadside in rush hour. 30 Samples were collected in Jun to August 2013 by 8 stage non-avaible cascade impactor. Each samples (filter paper) were digest with nitric acid and analyed by atomic absorption spectrophotometer for Zinc determination. The highest value for the mean fraction (18.00 ± 9.28%) is the size 9.0 – 110.0 micron follow by the range 3.3 – 4.7 micron (14.77 ± 14.66 %) and 1.1 – 2.1 micron (14.01 ± 11.77 %). The concentration of Zn in the particulate matter of range 0.43 – 0.7mm, 0.7 – 1.1 mm, 1.1 – 2.1 mm, 2.1 – 3.3 mm, 3.3 – 4.7 mm, 4.7 – 5.8 mm, 5.8 – 9.0 mm, 9.0 – 10.0 mm, were 41.56 – 217.62 mg/m³ (175.86 ±32.25 mg/m³), 152.60 – 217.24 mg/m³ (187.71 ± 17.42 mg/m³), 142.90 – 214.67 mg/m³(180.95 ± 18.71 mg/m³), 155.48 – 218.19 mg/m³(183.22 ± 19.94 mg/m³), 151.72 – 217.39 mg/m³(181.85 ± 17.57 mg/m³), 133.86 – 220.17 mg/m³ (178.78 ± 23.45 mg/m³), 160.00 – 220.35 mg/m³ (182.58 ± 18.08 mg/m³), 153.30 – 226.70 mg/m³ (181.52 ± 20.05 mg/m³), respectively. The Zn concentration in each size of particulate matter was not statistically significant different (p > .005)

• Sivapan Choo-In

• Air Pollution
• Air Quality
• Pollution and monitoring.

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