Henan Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Control 1 article published in JoVE Environment Assessing the Particulate Matter Removal Abilities of Tree Leaves Jinqiang Liu*1, Ruina Zhang*1, Huanhuan Liu1, Jie Duan1, Jia Kang1, Zemin Guo1, Benye Xi1, Zhiguo Cao2 1Key Laboratory of Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, 2School of Environment, Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Control, Henan Normal University The ultrasonic cleaning method was applied to elute the particulate matter (PM) retained on leaf surfaces after PM was eluted by the conventional cleaning methods (water cleaning only or water cleaning plus brush cleaning). The methodology can help to improve the estimation accuracy for PM retention capacity of leaves.
