Research Article

Source Apportionment of Particle Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at an Industrial Location in Agra, India

Table 1

Mean and standard deviations for all PAHs (ng m−3).

AverageStandard deviation (ng m−3)

Naphthalene (NaP)0.91.7
Acenaphthylene (Acy)1.74.7
Acenaphthene (Ace)1.81.2
Fluorene (Flu)1.00.7
Phenanthrene (Phen)0.90.2
Anthracene (Anth)2.21.3
Fluoranthene (Fla)0.91.3
Pyrene (Pyr)3.12.3
Benzo(a)anthracene + Chrysene (BaA + Chr)14.14.7
Benzo(b)fluoranthene + Benzo(k)fluoranthene (BbF + BkF)20.56.8
Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP)12.36.0
Dibenz(ah)anthracene + Indeno (123-cd) pyrene (DbA + IP)17.33.1
B(ghi)perylene (BghiP)11.16.2
TPAH72.74.7
TSPM*34831.5
CPAH47.6
CPAH/TPAH0.66
Total Carcinogenic PAH64%

* μg m−3.