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Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 4, No. 6, 355-361 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9500400606

Chemical Mass Balance Source Apportionment of Indoor PM15 in Brazilian Corporate Offices and Restaurants

Antonio H. Miguela

Environmental Engineering Science, W.M. Keck Labs MC 138-78, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., USA

Walter dos Reis Pedreira Filho

Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Chemistry Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Andrew G. Allen

Institute of Public and Environmental Health, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

We have applied the chemical mass balance air quality receptor model (CMB) to particulate matter samples collected indoors during regular working hours at six locations in and around the cities of São Paulo and Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil. Source profiles were used to apportion indoor PM 15 to urban dust, residual oil, soft wood, natural gas, diesel emissions, charbroiled meat, brake dust, sodium chloride, and potassium nitrate. At all sites, diesels con tributed a significant fraction, ranging from 10 to 45 % of the PM15 mass. In a steak house and a pizzeria, soft wood burning contributed 23 and 26% of the mass, respectively. Except for an office located in a rural area, charbroiled meat emissions comprised a significant fraction of the PM15 mass, ranging from 7% in a pizzeria to 29% in a hotel which houses a steak house and other restaurants. Natural gas contribution at the hotel was 31 % of the mass, the highest of all sites. The lowest urban dust contribution (6%) was found at the steak house and the highest (16%) in a rural area.

Key Words: Indoor aerosols • Indoor air quality • Chemical mass balance • Source apportionment • Brazilian non-industrial workplaces


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