Abstract: The Chemical Analysis of Atmospheric Aerosol by ICP-AES and ICP-MSLiu Xiande;Jia Hong; Feng Yuepeng;Zhang Jiqiang(China National Environmental Monitoring Centre,Beijing 100012,China)Ma Qianru(Environmental Engineering Department,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084, China)Abstract:Coarse fraction of atmospheric aerosol samples have been analysed by both ICPAES(Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer) and ICP-MS(Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer)in the study.On the basis of the chemical analysis data,all emission sources were identified by the methods of FA (Factor Analysis) and CMB(Chemical Mass Balance).The quantities of the sources contribution were also calculated by FA and CMB.Meantime,the superiority of the chemical analysis of aerosol by ICP-AES and ICP-MS were discussed.Keywords:atmospheric aerosol, chemical characterization,ICP-AES,ICP-MS