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Elemental Characterization of the Total Suspended Particulate Matter of the Industrial City of Arak with NAA and AAS and Modeling with the AERMOD Software
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Sohrabpour, Mostafa (Supervisor)
Abstract
Environmental conditions of various cities of Iran are deteriorating due to various contributing effects of increased traffic, deforestation, industrial pollution etc. Arak is an example in point. It is a city of about 440,000 inhabitants. It is located at the edge of the main central desert (Kavir) of Iran. It lacks any appreciable vegetation or wooded areas and it is the home of a number of major industries. These include aluminum smelting, petrochemical industry, refinery, power plant and various other heavy manufacturing facilities. It was suggested to perform an air sampling of the city for a whole year (2010-2011) to determine the concentration of various elements by instrumental...