Relationship between the concentration of particulate matter and the efficiency of atmospheric phytoremediation in urban spaces

Authors

Alcedo Meza, Sheyla Chelsea

Ruiz Lalupu, Noelia Tahis

Velásquez Marin, Magda Rosa

Abstract

Air pollution represents a serious problem that afflicts public health, this is evident in industrialized countries, where people who live in cities have great exposure to multiple pollutants of anthropogenic origin, including particulate matter. The objective of this research is to establish the relationship between particulate matter and the efficiency of atmospheric phytoremediation in urban spaces. The study has a quantitative approach, non-experimental design, correlational type and descriptive-correlational depth. The match was low positive for fine and coarse particulate matter. At the laboratory level, gravimetric analysis and washing with deionized water and chloroform were the methods most used by the authors, it is concluded that the species studied are mostly trees and have deciduous leaves, highlighting the species Sabina chinensis (275.10 μg/cm-2) that adsorbs a greater amount of PM2.5, Pinus sylvestris L. (417.50 μg/cm-2) adsorbs a greater amount of PM10.