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To explore the variation of mercury in the atmosphere in Suzhou, continuous monitoring of gaseous element mercury (GEM), gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM), and particulate bound mercury (PBM) was conducted from January 1 to December 31, 2018, in Suzhou. The weights trajectory analysis method (CWT) and concentration rose were used to analyze the atmospheric mercury sources and concentration variation. The results showed that during the monitoring period, the concentration ranges of GEM, GOM, and PBM in Suzhou were 0-53.3 ng·m -3 , 0-256 pg·m -3 , and 0-5208 pg·m -3 , respectively. The corresponding annual average concentrations of the three mercury species were (2.57±2.09) ng·m -3 , (5.27±15.7) pg·m -3 , and (16.0±157) pg·m -3 , respectively. GEM was the main component of atmospheric mercury in Suzhou. During the monitoring period, the average concentration of GEM in Suzhou was highest in winter, higher in spring than in autumn, and lowest in summer. According to the CWT, the mercury-containing air mass in spring and winter predominantly originated from inland; in summer, it mainly originated from the local area, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea, and in autumn from inland, the Yellow Sea, and the Bohai Sea. The wind and mercury rose charts showed that atmospheric mercury concentrations were higher from inland and lower from the ocean. During the monitoring period, the average concentrations of GEM and PBM in Suzhou were lower during the day than the night. The diurnal variation of GEM and PBM was significantly and strongly correlated with solar radiation, humidity, and air temperature. The average concentration of GOM showed multiple peaks and valleys in one day. Some peaks were caused by fuel oil combustion emissions, and some by O 3 oxidation with GEM.

The Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts were prepared with H-ZSM-5 of different Si/Al ratios by wet ion exchange and chemical vapor deposition. Then the catalysts were investigated by XRD, BET, TEM, UV-vis and NH3-TPD technologies to analyze the iron states in Fe-ZSM-5 zeolites. The results showed that after H-ZSM-5 zeolites were prepared by chemical vapor deposition and heating wet ion exchange, the nano Fe2 O3 particles were uniformly dispersed with the sizes of 8 nm in the Fe-ZSM-5-25 (Si/A1-25). Moreover, there were more oligonuclear Fe3+ Oy clusters in the Fe-ZSM-5-25 catalysts than in Fe-ZSM-5-300 (Si/Al-300). The results of catalytic performance on N2O decomposition showed that Fe-ZSM-5-25 catalysts had higher catalytic activities than Fe-ZSM-5-300 catalysts. The Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts prepared by chemical vapor deposition achieved the best catalytic activity in N2O decomposition among the catalysts prepared by the three methods. Moreover, the presence of O2 only slightly reduced N2O conversion, while NO promoted the N2O decomposition. Finally, after reaction for more than 100 h, Fe-ZSM-5 catalyst showed no obvious deactivation under simulated emission conditions.