2025, Session 6_ Health and environmental protection, pp. 432-435
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Evaluation of settleable particulate matter in Timisoara and Zrenjanin. First steps and perspectives
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aUniversity Politehnica Timişoara, Timisoara, Romania bUniverzitet u Novom Sadu, Tehnički fakultet 'Mihajlo Pupin', Zrenjanin, Srbija cUniverzitet u Novom Sadu, Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Srbija
email: madalina.zot@upt.ro, jovana.cugalj@uns.ac.rs, bogdana.vujic@uns.ac.rs, zorancepic@uns.ac.rs, francisc.popescu@upt.ro
Project: AEPS (http://aeps.upt.ro) "Academic Environmental Protection Studies on surface water quality in significant cross-border nature reservations Djerdap/Iron Gate national park and Carska Bara special nature reserve, with population awareness raising workshops", RORS-462, project funded by the INTERREG IPA-CBC Romania-Serbia Programme
Keywords: SPM; Air Quality; Settleable Particulate Matter; Gravimetric Method
Abstract
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This work presents the first steps taken in assessing the SPM - Settleable Particulate Matter pollution in cities of Timisoara (Romania) and Zrenjanin (Serbia). The study began by deploying identical non-directional deposition gauges (samplers) in 7 locations in Timisoara and 3 locations in Zrenjanin. The samples were collected monthly and analyzed in laboratory in full compliance with ASTM D1739 international standard. In this step only concentrations of SPM were determined, in the next steps of the study the assessment of heavy metals content of settleable atmospheric dust will be conducted.
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