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To clarify the pollution characteristics and sources of PM in Weihai during the heating period, PM samples from ambient air were collected at three routine air quality monitoring sites from January to March 2018. The OC, EC, water-soluble ions, and elements in PM were analyzed, and the sources of PM were identified using the PMF model. The results showed that the average daily mass concentration of PM was (33.80±22.45) μg·m, and the NO, NH, SO, OC, and EC were the main components of PM. As a coastal city, the Cl ratio was relatively high in PM. Meanwhile, the compositions of PM were affected by the emission of pollutants with local industrial characteristics. Both NO/SO and OC/EC showed that mobile sources had a high contribution during the heating period. The acid-base ions in water-soluble ions showed that PM is weakly alkaline, and NH is excessive. NH mainly existed in the form of NHNO and (NH)SO. During the polluted period, the concentration of secondary pollutants significantly increased, and the mass concentrations of NH, NO, SO, OC, and EC were 4.21, 5.27, 3.23, 2.02, and 1.81 times that of the cleaning period, respectively. The PMF model showed that secondary aerosols were the major source of PM, accounting for 32.4%-36.0% of PM. The contributions of vehicle exhaust, coal combustion, biomass burning, and dust were 15.6%-18.9%, 12.1%-17.8%, 9.0%-10.4%, and 8.6%-11.3%, respectively, while the contributions of process emission (2.1%-8.3%), non-road mobile sources (2.4%-3.7%), and sea salt (3.5%-5.6%) were less.

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