Das Projekt "Experimental investigations into the influence of organic complexing agents and inorganic anions (Cl-, NO3-, SO42- und PO43-) on the transformation behaviour and the mobility of metallic palladium (Pd) and PdO" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt durchgeführt. The projects goal is to examine the Mobility and transformation behaviour of emitted palladium from automobile exhaust catalysts into the environment. To achieve this, I will examine the influence of commonly present organic complexing agents like citric acid, amino acid (L-Methionin) and ethylenediamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA), as well as inorganic anion species (Cl-, NO3-, SO42- und PO43-), on the chemical behaviour and transformation of metallic palladium (Pd-Mohr) and PdO into more soluble species. The analytical experiments will be conducted over different time periods (1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 days), involving different concentrations of the various complexing agents under examination (0.001, 0.01 and 0.1 M). The results will help clarify the extent to which Pd Mobility is influenced by time and the presence of various complexing agents at different concentrations. In addition, surface analyses of isolated particles using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) will be used to examine the influence of organic compounds and inorganic anion species, on the transformation of metallic palladium and PdO. The proposed study will significantly help to shed light on questions related to the environmental transformation of Pd into more toxic species following emission in car exhausts, a poorly understood process to date.