Abstract:In order to determine the main pollution sources of atmospheric particles in Longyan City, elemental compositions of 10 kinds of dust samples were analyzed through enrichment factor analysis and R-cluster analysis. Component spectrum of each dust sample were significantly different. However, concentrations of metallic elements contained in those samples all exceeded the normal levels. The enrichment factor (EF) values of W and Bi in kaolin mining respectively were 255.32, 520.12. That of Bi in red soil reached 173.41. And the EF value of Sb in coal ash was 119.98. This is mainly due to the contribution of motor vehicle exhaust, steel mills and coal combustion, etc. This analysis revealed that main origins of atmospheric particles in Longyan City are road and soil dust, cement dust, metallurgical dust, and fodder dust.