LW_particulate_capture [dataset]

Description

Dataset acquired for the study published in the article: "Particulate pollution capture by an active living wall in indoor environments: effect of species in air phytoremediation". This is part of the project "Fytorremediation of air and water by means of living walls" financed by the Andalusian Plan of Research, development and innovation 2020 (grant number P18-TP-1657) in the 2018 call for Research projects for universities and qualified public research entities as agents of the Andalusian Knowledge System (Junta de Andalucía, Spain). This study aims to quantify compare the effectiveness of four plant species planted in an active living wall for capturing particle pollutants. The living wall was introduced in a glass chamber and exposed to large (10–40 μm) and fine (1.2–10 μm) airborne particles containing a fixed concentration of potentially toxic elements (Al, B, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb). The surface particle deposition (sPM) was estimated in the leaves from the four species and the potentially toxic element concentration in the particulate matter (PM) was measured in plants, medium culture and in the living wall support system.

Abstract

Potentially toxic element concentrations in airborne particulate matter collected in the indoor air Potentially toxic element concentration (mg/kg) in the different species, particle on foliage and weights

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