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Profile: 18 - Brake Dust

Code18
NameBrake Dust
Source categoriestraffic, road, brake, all sources
CountryItaly
Site(not availavble)
Test year2008
TypeO
Latitude45.4773
Longitude9.1815
ReferenceColombi et al, 2010, 10.3303/CET1022038
Notes 
Sampling MethodsSampling in a mechanical shop using a brush from the internal surface of the wheel rim of several veichles. Samples were deposited on polycarbonate membranes for elemental ED-XRF analysis (not sure the number)
Uncertainty NotesStandard Deviation

Data

  Relative Mass Uncertainty Analytical Method Uncertainty Method
292 - Aluminum 0,0074 0,0014 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
300 - Barium 0,001 0,00022 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
328 - Cadmium 0,0013 0,00005 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
329 - Calcium 0,013 0,0028 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
347 - Chromium 0,004 0,00023 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
380 - Copper 0,033 0,0021 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
488 - Iron 0,41 0,029 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
520 - Lead 0,00021 0,000026 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
526 - Manganese 0,003 0,00021 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
612 - Nickel 0,00019 0,000016 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
669 - Potassium 0,0021 0,00039 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
694 - Silicon 0,022 0,0043 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
697 - Strontium 0,000093 0,000018 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
700 - Sulfur 0,0068 0,0011 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
715 - Titanium 0,0011 0,000089 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
767 - Vanadium 0,000074 0,0000081 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation
778 - Zinc 0,0099 0,0006 ED-XRF energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence standard deviation