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Kumar D, Hegde P, Arun BS, Gogoi MM, Babu SS. Anthropogenic sources and liquid water drive secondary organic aerosol formation over the eastern Himalaya. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 949:175072. [PMID: 39084378 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Atmospheric aerosols have a serious impact on altering the radiation balance of the vulnerable Himalayan atmosphere. Organic aerosol (OA), one of the least resolved aerosol fractions in the Himalayas, constrain our competence to assess their climate impacts on the region. Here we investigate water-soluble OA molecules in PM10 samples collected from March to May 2019 at Lachung (27.4°N and 88.4°E), a high-altitude location (2700 m a.s.l.) in the eastern Himalaya, to elucidate their origin and formation process. The dominance of oxalic acid (C2) reveals that water-soluble OA in the eastern Himalaya are atmospherically processed. Backward air mass trajectories and mass concentration ratios of organic tracers as well as relationships with inorganic species (K+, SO42-, NH4+) suggest an anthropogenic origin of water-soluble OA with significant atmospheric processing during long-range transport to the eastern Himalayan region. We used the thermodynamic prediction of aerosol liquid water (ALW) to examine the formation mechanism of secondary OA (SOA) such as oxalic acid. Correlations of ALW with SO42- and water-soluble organic matter show that ALW is sensitive to both anthropogenic sulfate and water-soluble organic compounds in Himalayan aerosols. A strong positive relationship of C2 acid with predicted ALW provides evidence of extensive SOA formation from precursors via aqueous phase photochemical processes. This inference is supported by positive correlations of C2 acid relative abundance with diagnostic mass concentration ratios of C2 acid to precursor molecules. Our findings underscore the importance of anthropogenic sources and ALW in SOA formation through aqueous phase processes in the eastern Himalaya.
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- Dhananjay Kumar
- Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695022, India
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- Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695022, India.
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- Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695022, India; Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig 04318, Germany
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- Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695022, India
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- Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695022, India
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Xie Q, Halpern ER, Zhang J, Shrivastava M, Zelenyuk A, Zaveri RA, Laskin A. Volatility Basis Set Distributions and Viscosity of Organic Aerosol Mixtures: Insights from Chemical Characterization Using Temperature-Programmed Desorption-Direct Analysis in Real-Time High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2024; 96:9524-9534. [PMID: 38815054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Quantitative assessment of gas-particle partitioning of individual components within complex atmospheric organic aerosol (OA) mixtures is critical for predicting and comprehending the formation and evolution of OA particles in the atmosphere. This investigation leverages previously documented data obtained through a temperature-programmed desorption-direct analysis in real-time, high-resolution mass spectrometry (TPD-DART-HRMS) platform. This methodology facilitates the bottom-up construction of volatility basis set (VBS) distributions for constituents found in three biogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) mixtures produced through the ozonolysis of α-pinene, limonene, and ocimene. The apparent enthalpies (ΔH*, kJ mol-1) and saturation mass concentrations (CT*, μg·m-3) of individual SOA components, determined as a function of temperature (T, K), facilitated an assessment of changes in VBS distributions and gas-particle partitioning with respect to T and atmospheric total organic mass loadings (tOM, μg·m-3). The VBS distributions reveal distinct differences in volatilities among monomers, dimers, and trimers, categorized into separate volatility bins. At the ambient temperature of T = 298 K, only monomers efficiently partition between gas and particle phases across a broad range of atmospherically relevant tOM values of 1-100 μg·m-3. Partitioning of dimers and trimers becomes notable only at T > 360 K and T > 420 K, respectively. The viscosity of SOA mixtures is assessed using a bottom-up calculation approach, incorporating the input of elemental formulas, ΔH*, CT*, and particle-phase mass fractions of the SOA components. Through this approach, we are able to accurately estimate the variations in SOA viscosity that result from the evaporation of its components. These variations are, in turn, influenced by atmospherically relevant changes in tOM and T. Comparison of the calculated SOA viscosity and diffusivity values with literature reported experimental results shows close agreement, thereby validating the employed calculation approach. These findings underscore the significant potential for TPD-DART-HRMS measurements in enabling the untargeted analysis of organic molecules within OA mixtures. This approach facilitates quantitative assessment of their gas-particle partitioning and allows for the estimation of their viscosity and condensed-phase diffusion, thereby contributing valuable insights to atmospheric models.
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- Qiaorong Xie
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Nielsen RV, Salimi M, Andersen JEV, Elm J, Dantan A, Pedersen HB. A new setup for measurements of absolute saturation vapor pressures using a dynamical method: Experimental concept and validation. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:065007. [PMID: 38912913 DOI: 10.1063/5.0215176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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We describe a new experimental system for direct measurements of the absolute saturation vapor pressures of liquid or solid samples. The setup allows the isolation of the sample under steady conditions in an ultra-high vacuum chamber, where the measurement of the sample's vapor pressure as a function of its temperature can be performed in a range around room temperature and in a pressure range defined only by the applied absolute pressure sensor. We characterize the setup and illustrate its capability to measure saturation vapor pressures as well as enthalpies of evaporation around room temperature with explicit measurements on four liquid compounds (diethyl phthalate, 1-decanol, 1-heptanol, and 1-hexanol) for which accurate vapor pressures have previously been reported.
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- Robin V Nielsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Wang K, Zhang Y, Tong H, Han J, Fu P, Huang RJ, Zhang H, Hoffmann T. Molecular-Level Insights into the Relationship between Volatility of Organic Aerosol Constituents and PM 2.5 Air Pollution Levels: A Study with Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:7947-7957. [PMID: 38676647 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c10662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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Volatility of organic aerosols (OAs) significantly influences new particle formation and the occurrence of particulate air pollution. However, the relationship between the volatility of OA and the level of particulate air pollution (i.e., particulate matter concentration) is not well understood. In this study, we compared the chemical composition (identified by an ultrahigh-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometer) and volatility (estimated based on a predeveloped parametrization method) of OAs in urban PM2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm) samples from seven German and Chinese cities, where the PM2.5 concentration ranged from a light (14 μg m-3) to heavy (319 μg m-3) pollution level. A large fraction (71-98%) of compounds in PM2.5 samples were attributable to intermediate-volatility organic compounds (IVOCs) and semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs). The fraction of low-volatility organic compounds (LVOCs) and extremely low-volatility organic compounds (ELVOCs) decreased from clean (28%) to heavily polluted urban regions (2%), while that of IVOCs increased from 34 to 62%. We found that the average peak area-weighted volatility of organic compounds in different cities showed a logarithmic correlation with the average PM2.5 concentration, indicating that the volatility of urban OAs increases with the increase of air pollution level. Our results provide new insights into the relationship between OA volatility and PM pollution levels and deepen the understanding of urban air pollutant evolution.
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- Kai Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Institute of Surface Science, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht 21502, Germany
- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Plank Institute for Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute for Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Innovation Center of Pesticide Research, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55128, Germany
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Li L, Thomsen D, Wu C, Priestley M, Iversen EM, Tygesen Sko̷nager J, Luo Y, Ehn M, Roldin P, Pedersen HB, Bilde M, Glasius M, Hallquist M. Gas-to-Particle Partitioning of Products from Ozonolysis of Δ 3-Carene and the Effect of Temperature and Relative Humidity. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:918-928. [PMID: 38293769 PMCID: PMC10860141 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c07316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Formation of oxidized products from Δ3-carene (C10H16) ozonolysis and their gas-to-particle partitioning at three temperatures (0, 10, and 20 °C) under dry conditions (<2% RH) and also at 10 °C under humid (78% RH) conditions were studied using a time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer (ToF-CIMS) combined with a filter inlet for gases and aerosols (FIGAERO). The Δ3-carene ozonolysis products detected by the FIGAERO-ToF-CIMS were dominated by semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs). The main effect of increasing temperature or RH on the product distribution was an increase in fragmentation of monomer compounds (from C10 to C7 compounds), potentially via alkoxy scission losing a C3 group. The equilibrium partitioning coefficient estimated according to equilibrium partitioning theory shows that the measured SVOC products distribute more into the SOA phase as the temperature decreases from 20 to 10 and 0 °C and for most products as the RH increases from <2 to 78%. The temperature dependency of the saturation vapor pressure (above an assumed liquid state), derived from the partitioning method, also allows for a direct way to obtain enthalpy of vaporization for the detected species without accessibility of authentic standards of the pure substances. This method can provide physical properties, beneficial for, e.g., atmospheric modeling, of complex multifunctional oxidation products.
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- Linjie Li
- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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- Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department
of Physics, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden
- IVL
Swedish Environmental Institute, Malmö21119, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 41296, Sweden
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Li Y, Lakey PSJ, Ezell MJ, Johnson KN, Shiraiwa M, Finlayson-Pitts BJ. Distinct Temperature Trends in the Uptake of Gaseous n-Butylamine on Two Solid Diacids. ACS ES&T AIR 2024; 1:52-61. [PMID: 39166528 PMCID: PMC10798143 DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.3c00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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Uptake coefficients of n-butylamine (BA) on solid succinic (SA) and glutaric acids (GA) from 298 to 177 K were measured using a newly combined Knudsen cell temperature-programmed desorption apparatus. The uptake coefficients on SA increase monotonically from (1.9 ± 0.5) × 10-4 at 298 K to 0.14 ± 0.05 at 177 K (errors represent 2σ statistical errors, overall errors are estimated to be ±60%). This is consistent with a surface reaction mechanism to form solid aminium carboxylate. In contrast, the uptake coefficients on GA increase from 0.11 ± 0.04 at 298 K to 0.25 ± 0.04 at 248 K but then decrease to 0.030 ± 0.010 at 177 K. This unusual trend in temperature dependence of the uptake coefficient is due to formation of an ionic liquid (IL) layer upon the surface reaction of BA with GA, leading to a competition between the rate of desorption of BA and the rates of diffusion and reaction within the IL. Overall, the kinetic multi-layer model of aerosol surface and bulk chemistry (KM-SUB) satisfactorily reproduces these unique trends. This work provides mechanistic insight and predictive capability for the temperature-dependence of reactive uptake processes involving multiple phase changes upon surface reaction.
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- Yixin Li
- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University
of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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Wallace BJ, Mongeau ML, Zuend A, Preston TC. Impact of pH on Gas-Particle Partitioning of Semi-Volatile Organics in Multicomponent Aerosol. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:16974-16988. [PMID: 37885068 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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The partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) between the condensed and gas phases can have significant implications for the properties of aerosol particles. In addition to affecting size and composition, this partitioning can alter radiative properties and impact cloud activation processes. We present measurements and model predictions on how activity and pH influence the evaporation of SVOCs from particles to the gas phase, specifically investigating aqueous inorganic particles containing dicarboxylic acids (DCAs). The aerosols are studied at the single-particle level by using optical trapping and cavity-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Optical resonances in the spectra enable precise size tracking, while vibrational bands allow real-time monitoring of pH. Results are compared to a Maxwell-type model that accounts for volatile and nonvolatile solutes in aqueous droplets that are held at a constant relative humidity. The aerosol inorganic-organic mixture functional group activity coefficients thermodynamic model and Debye-Hückel theory are both used to calculate the activities of the species present in the droplet. For DCAs, we find that the evaporation rate is highly sensitive to the particle pH. For acidity changes of approximately 1.5 pH units, we observe a shift from a volatile system to one that is completely nonvolatile. We also observe that the pH itself is not constant during evaporation; it increases as DCAs evaporate, slowing the rate of evaporation until it eventually ceases. Whether a DCA evaporates or remains a stable component of the droplet is determined by the difference between the lowest pKa of the DCA and the pH of the droplet.
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- Brandon J Wallace
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0B9
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0B9
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Kaur Kohli R, Salas S, Shokoor B, Price CL, Davies JF. Chemically Resolved Evaporation Dynamics of Dicarboxylic Acid Mixtures in Solid Particles. Anal Chem 2023. [PMID: 37490783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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The evaporation rate and corresponding vapor pressure of dicarboxylic acids have been the subject of numerous scientific studies over the years, with reported values spanning several orders of magnitude. Recent work has identified the importance of considering the phase state of the material during evaporation, likely accounting for some of the variability in measured vapor pressures. In the homologous series of dicarboxylic acids, the phase state under dry conditions may be crystalline or amorphous, with particles of odd-carbon-numbered acids exhibiting tendencies to remain amorphous and spherical. Although measurements of vapor pressures for pure components make up most of the available literature data, for many applications, these compounds are not present in isolation. Additionally, many systems containing a semi-volatile material exist in a solid state, especially under dry and low relative humidity conditions. In this work, we explore the evaporation of compounds present in mixed solid-state particles. Specifically, we use single particle levitation coupled with mass spectrometry to measure the evolving composition of solid particles containing mixtures of glutaric acid and succinic acid, glutaric acid and adipic acid, and malonic acid and succinic acid. Under dry conditions, these systems exhibit non-spherical geometries consistent with crystallization of one or both components into an organic crystal. Our measurements allow the evaporation of each component in the mixture to be characterized independently and effective vapor pressures of the pure components to be inferred. The resulting vapor pressures are compared against pure component vapor pressures. We demonstrate that these mixtures exhibit thermodynamic ideality but can be influenced by limited diffusion in the solid phase. These are the first results in the literature that explore the thermodynamic and kinetic factors that control the evaporative evolution of mixed solid-state particles.
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- Ravleen Kaur Kohli
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Fomete S, Kubečka J, Elm J, Jen CN. Limited Role of Malonic Acid in Sulfuric Acid-Dimethylamine New Particle Formation. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:19807-19815. [PMID: 37305259 PMCID: PMC10249388 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Aerosols play an important role in climate and air quality; however, the mechanisms behind aerosol particle formation in the atmosphere are poorly understood. Studies have identified sulfuric acid, water, oxidized organics, and ammonia/amines as key precursors for forming aerosol particles in the atmosphere. Theoretical and experimental investigations have indicated that other species, such as organic acids, may be involved in atmospheric nucleation and growth of freshly formed aerosol particles. Organic acids, such as dicarboxylic acids, which are abundant in the atmosphere, have been measured in ultrafine aerosol particles. These observations suggest that organic acids may contribute to new particle formation in the atmosphere but their role remains ambiguous. This study examines how malonic acid interacts with sulfuric acid and dimethylamine to form new particles at warm boundary layer conditions using experimental observations from a laminar flow reactor and quantum chemical calculations coupled with cluster dynamics simulations. Observations reveal that malonic acid does not contribute to the initial steps (formation of <1 nm diameter particle) of nucleation with sulfuric acid-dimethylamine. In addition, malonic acid was found to not participate in the subsequent growth of the freshly nucleated 1 nm particles from sulfuric acid-dimethylamine reactions to diameters of 2 nm.
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- Sandra
K.W. Fomete
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Center
for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Center
for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Pusfitasari ED, Ruiz-Jimenez J, Samuelsson J, Besel V, Fornstedt T, Hartonen K, Riekkola ML. Assessment of physicochemical properties of sorbent materials in passive and active sampling systems towards gaseous nitrogen-containing compounds. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1703:464119. [PMID: 37271082 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The adsorption and desorption behavior of volatile nitrogen-containing compounds in vapor phase by solid-phase microextraction Arrow (SPME-Arrow) and in-tube extraction (ITEX) sampling systems, were investigated experimentally using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Three different SPME-Arrow coating materials, DVB/PDMS, MCM-41, and MCM-41-TP and two ITEX adsorbents, TENAX-GR and MCM-41-TP were compared to clarify the selectivity of the sorbents towards nitrogen-containing compounds. In addition, saturated vapor pressures for these compounds were estimated, both experimentally and theoretically. In this study, the adsorption of nitrogen-containing compounds on various adsorbents followed the Elovich model well, while a pseudo-first-order kinetics model best described the desorption kinetics. Pore volume and pore sizes of the coating sorbents were essential parameters for the determination of the adsorption performance for the SPME-Arrow sampling system. MCM-41-TP coating with the smallest pore size gave the slowest adsorption rate compared to that of DVB/PDMS and MCM-41 in the SPME-Arrow sampling system. Both adsorbent and adsorbate properties, such as hydrophobicity and basicity, affected the adsorption and desorption kinetics in SPME-Arrow system. The adsorption and desorption rates of studied C6H15N isomers in the MCM-41 and MCM-41-TP sorbent materials of SPME-Arrow system were higher for dipropylamine and triethylamine (branched amines) than for hexylamine (linear chain amines). DVB/PDMS-SPME-Arrow gave fast adsorption rates for the aromatic-ringed pyridine and o-toluidine. All studied nitrogen-containing compounds demonstrated high desorption rates with DVB/PDMS-SPME-Arrow. Chemisorption and physisorption were the sorption mechanisms in MCM-41- and MCM-41-TP- SPME-Arrow, but additional experiments are needed to confirm this. An active sampling technique ITEX gave comparable adsorption and desorption rates on the selective MCM-41-TP and universal TENAX-GR sorbent materials for all the compounds studied. Vapor pressures of nitrogen-containing compounds were experimentally estimated by using retention index approach and these values were compared with the theoretical ones, calculated using the COnductor-like Screening MOdel for Real Solvent (COSMO-RS) model. Both values agreed well with those found in the literature proving that these methods can be successfully used in predicting VOC's vapor pressures, e.g. for the formation of secondary organic aerosols.
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- Eka Dian Pusfitasari
- Department of Chemistry, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland; Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Chemistry, Faculty of science, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland; Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Chemistry, Faculty of science, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, SE-651 88, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Physics, Faculty of science, PO Box 64, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, SE-651 88, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland; Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Chemistry, Faculty of science, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland; Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Chemistry, Faculty of science, PO Box 55, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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West CP, Hsu YJ, MacFeely KT, Huston SM, Aridjis-Olivos BP, Morales AC, Laskin A. Volatility Measurements of Individual Components in Organic Aerosol Mixtures Using Temperature-Programmed Desorption-Direct Analysis in Real Time-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2023; 95:7403-7408. [PMID: 37126857 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Atmospheric organic aerosols (OA) have profound effects on air quality, visibility, and radiative forcing of climate. Quantitative assessment of gas-particle equilibrium of OA components is critical to understand formation, growth, distribution, and evolution of OA in the atmosphere. This study presents a novel ambient pressure measurement approach developed and tested for untargeted screening of individual components in complex OA mixtures, followed by targeted chemical speciation of identified species and assessment of their physicochemical properties such as saturation vapor pressure and enthalpies of sublimation/evaporation. The method employs temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) experiments coupled to "direct analysis in real time" (DART) ionization source and high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) detection. Progression of the mass spectra is acquired in the TPD experiments over a T = 25-350 °C temperature range, and extracted ion chromatograms (EIC) of individual species are used to infer their apparent enthalpies of sublimation/evaporation (ΔHsub*) and saturation vapor pressure (pT*, Pa, or CT*, μg m-3) as a function of T. We validate application of this method for analysis of selected organic compounds with known ΔHsub and CT values, which showed excellent agreement between our results and the existing data. We then extend these experiments to interrogate individual components in complex OA samples generated in the laboratory-controlled ozonolysis of α-pinene, limonene, and β-ocimene monoterpenes. The abundant OA species of interest are distinguished based on their accurate mass measurements, followed by quantitation of their apparent ΔHsub* and CT* values from the corresponding EIC records. Comparison of C298K* values derived from our experiments for the individual OA components with the corresponding estimates based on their elemental composition using a "molecular corridors" (MC) parametrization suggests that the MC calculations tend to overestimate the saturation vapor pressures of OA components. Presented results indicate very promising applicability of the TPD-DART-HRMS method for the untargeted analysis of organic molecules in OA and other environmental mixtures, enabling rapid detection and quantification of organic pollutants in the real-world condensed-phase samples at atmospheric pressure and without sample preparation.
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- Christopher P West
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Khanna V, Doherty MF, Peters B. Predicting solubility and driving forces for crystallization using the absolute chemical potential route. Mol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2022.2155595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Vikram Khanna
- Deptartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Deptartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Deptartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Deptartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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Stahn M, Grimme S, Salthammer T, Hohm U, Palm WU. Quantum chemical calculation of the vapor pressure of volatile and semi volatile organic compounds. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2022; 24:2153-2166. [PMID: 36222641 DOI: 10.1039/d2em00271j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The vapor pressure is a specific and temperature-dependent parameter that describes the volatility of a substance and thus its driving force for evaporation or sublimation into the gas phase. Depending on the magnitude of the vapor pressure, there are different methods for experimental determination. However, these are usually associated with a corresponding amount of effort and become less accurate as the vapor pressure decreases. For purposes of vapor pressure prediction, algorithms were developed that are usually based on quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR). The quantum mechanical (QM) approach followed here applies an alternative, much less empirical strategy, where the change in Gibbs free energy for the transition from the condensed to the gas phase is obtained from conformer ensembles computed for each phase separately. The results of this automatic, so-called CRENSO workflow are compared with experimentally determined vapor pressures for a large set of environmentally relevant compounds. In addition, comparisons are made with the single structure-based COSMO-RS QM approach, linear-free-energy relationships (LFER) as well as results from the SPARC program. We show that our CRENSO workflow is superior to conventional prediction models and provides reliable vapor pressures for liquids and sub-cooled liquids over a wide pressure range.
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- Marcel Stahn
- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Material Analysis and Indoor Chemistry, Fraunhofer WKI, 38108 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Leuphana University Lüneburg, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
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Price CL, Kaur Kohli R, Shokoor B, Davies JF. Connecting the Phase State and Volatility of Dicarboxylic Acids at Elevated Temperatures. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:6963-6972. [PMID: 36150212 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The partitioning of semivolatile organic molecules between condensed phases and the vapor phase has broad application across a range of scientific disciplines, with significant impacts in atmospheric chemistry for regulating the evolving composition of aerosol particles. Vapor partitioning depends on the molecular interactions and phase state of the condensed material and shows a well-established dependence on temperature. The phase state of solid organic material is not always well-defined, and many examples can be found for the formation of amorphous subcooled liquid states rather than crystalline solids. This can lead to significant changes to vapor equilibrium processes by modifying the thermodynamics and kinetics of evaporation. Here, we explore the influence of phase state on the evaporation dynamics of a series of straight-chain dicarboxylic acids across a range of above-ambient temperatures. These molecules show an odd/even alteration in some of their properties based on the number of carbon atoms that may be connected to their phase state under dry conditions. Using a newly developed linear-quadrupole electrodynamic balance, we levitate single particles containing the sample and expose them to dry conditions across a range of temperatures (ambient to ∼350 K). Using the rate of evaporation measured from the change in the size or relative mass, we derive the vapor pressure and enthalpy of vaporization. Light scattering data allows for unambiguous identification of the phase of the particles (crystal vs amorphous) allowing the vapor equilibrium properties to be attributed to a particular state. This work highlights a new experimental method for characterizing vapor pressures of low volatility substances and extends the temperature range of available data for the vapor pressure of terminal dicarboxylic acids. These measurements show that crystalline and subcooled liquid states persist at elevated temperatures and provide a direct comparison between subcooled and crystal phases under the same experimental conditions.
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- Chelsea L Price
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Wang C, Liu Y, Huang T, Feng Y, Wang Z, Lu R, Jiang S. Sulfuric acid-dimethylamine particle formation enhanced by functional organic acids: an integrated experimental and theoretical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:23540-23550. [PMID: 36129069 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01671k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF), which has been observed globally in clean and polluted environments, is an important source of boundary-layer aerosol particles and cloud condensation nuclei, but the fundamental mechanisms leading to multi-component aerosol formation have not been well understood. Here, we use experiments and quantum chemical calculations to better understand the involvement of carboxylic acids in initial NPF from gas phase mixtures of carboxylic acid, sulfuric acid (SA), dimethylamine, and water. A turbulent flow tube coupled to an ultrafine condensation particle counter with particle size magnifier has been set up to measure NPF. Experimental results show that pyruvic acid (PA), succinic acid (SUA), and malic acid (MA) can enhance sulfuric acid-dimethylamine nucleation in the order PA < SUA < MA with a greater enhancement observed at lower SA concentrations. Computational results indicate that the carboxylic and hydroxyl groups are related to the enhancement. This experiment-theory study shows the formation of multi-component aerosol particles and the role of the organic functional group, which may aid in understanding the role of organics in aerosol nucleation and growth in polluted areas, and help to choose organic molecules of specific structures for simulation.
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- Chunyu Wang
- School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China. .,School of Chemistry and Material Engineering, Chaohu University, Hefei, Anhui, 238024, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry, Anhui Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
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- Department of Physics, Huainan Normal University, Huainan, Anhui, 232001, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
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- School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
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Chen Z, Liu P, Su H, Zhang YH. Displacement of Strong Acids or Bases by Weak Acids or Bases in Aerosols: Thermodynamics and Kinetics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:12937-12944. [PMID: 36049086 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Depletion of chloride, nitrate, or ammonium from atmospheric aerosols represents a unique class of displacement reactions in which strong acids (HCl and HNO3) or bases (NH3) are substituted by weaker ones (i.e., dicarboxylic acids or dicarboxylate salts, respectively). These reactions alter the aerosol composition and perturb the atmospheric cycle of volatile compounds, thereby affecting environmental systems and climate. Despite the profound implications, the mechanism of these unique displacement reactions remains unclear. Here, we elucidate the thermodynamics and kinetics of these reactions using the multiphase buffer theory and a diffusion-controlled mass-transfer function, respectively. On the thermodynamic aspect, we find that the effective dissociation constants of the strong acids and bases in aerosols are 2 to 10 orders of magnitude lower than those in bulk solutions. On the kinetic aspect, we find that displacement reactions occur rapidly in aerosol microdroplets with a radius below 10 μm. Within this size range, the characteristic reaction time is always shorter than the lifetime of the aerosols in the atmosphere. Our findings suggest that the unique displacement reactions can significantly modify the composition of atmospheric aerosols, and consequentially, these aerosols may manifest distinct properties unforeseen by the chemistry of homogeneous bulk systems.
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- Zhe Chen
- Institute of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Toward a molecular understanding of the surface composition of atmospherically relevant organic particles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2209134119. [PMID: 35994653 PMCID: PMC9436373 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2209134119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many mass spectrometry methods using various ionization sources provide bulk composition of airborne particles, but little is known about the surface species that play a major role in determining their physicochemical properties that impact air quality, climate, and health. The present work shows that the composition of surface layers of atmospherically relevant submicron organic particles can be probed without the use of an external ionization source. Solid dicarboxylic acid particles are used as models, with glutaric acid being the most efficient at generating ions. Coating with small diacids or products from α-pinene ozonolysis demonstrates that ions are ejected from the surface, providing surface molecular characterization of organic particles on the fly. This unique approach provides a path forward for elucidating the role of the surface in determining chemical and physical properties of particles, including heterogeneous reactions, particle growth, water uptake, and interactions with biological systems.
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Lanzafame GM, Bessagnet B, Srivastava D, Jaffrezo JL, Favez O, Albinet A, Couvidat F. Modelling aerosol molecular markers in a 3D air quality model: Focus on anthropogenic organic markers. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 835:155360. [PMID: 35460764 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We developed and implemented in the 3D air quality model CHIMERE the formation of several key anthropogenic aerosol markers including one primary anthropogenic marker (levoglucosan) and 4 secondary anthropogenic markers (nitrophenols, nitroguaiacols, methylnitrocatechols and phthalic acid). Modelled concentrations have been compared to measurements performed at 12 locations in France for levoglucosan in winter 2014-15, and at a sub-urban station in the Paris region over the whole year 2015 for secondary molecular markers. While a good estimation of levoglucosan concentrations by the model has been obtained for a few sites, a strong underestimation was simulated for most of the stations especially for western locations due to a probable underestimation of residential wood burning emissions. The simulated ratio between wood burning organic matter and particulate phase levoglucosan is constant only at high OM values (>10 μg m-3) indicating that using marker contribution ratio may be valid only under certain conditions. Concentrations of secondary markers were well reproduced by the model for nitrophenols and nitroguaiacols but were underestimated for methylnitrocatechols and phthalic acid highlighting missing formation pathways and/or precursor emissions. By comparing modelled to measured Gas/Particle Partitioning (GPP) of markers, the simulated partitioning of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) was evaluated. Except for nitroguaiacols and nitrophenols when ideality was assumed, the GPP for all the markers was underestimated and mainly driven by the hydrophilic partitioning. SVOCs GPP, and more generally of all SVOC contributing to the formation of SOA, could therefore be significantly underestimated by air quality models, especially when only the partitioning on the organic phase is considered. Our results show that marker modelling can give insights on some processes (such as precursor emissions or missing mechanisms) involved in SOA formation and could prove especially useful to evaluate the GPP in 3D air quality models.
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- Grazia Maria Lanzafame
- INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, 75252 PARIS cedex 05, France
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- INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, 75252 PARIS cedex 05, France
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- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, INP-G, IGE (UMR 5001), F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Yang H, Ding D, Skyttä A, Cai R, Kulmala M, Kangasluoma J. Electrical Mobility as an Indicator for Flexibly Deducing the Kinetics of Nanoparticle Evaporation. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:8794-8800. [PMID: 35655937 PMCID: PMC9150095 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Condensation and evaporation of vapor species on nanoparticle surfaces drive the aerosol evolution in various industrial/atmospheric systems, but probing these transient processes is challenging due to related time and length scales. Herein, we present a novel methodology for deducing nanoparticle evaporation kinetics using electrical mobility as a natural size indicator. Monodispersed nanoparticles are fed to a differential mobility analyzer which serves simultaneously as an evaporation flowtube and an instrument for measuring the electrical mobility, realizing measurements of evaporation processes with time scales comparable to the instrument response time. A theoretical framework is derived for deducing the evaporation kinetics from instrument responses through analyzing the nanoparticle trajectory and size-mobility relationship, which considers the coupled mass and heat transfer effect and is applicable to the whole Knudsen number range. The methodology is demonstrated against evaporation but can potentially be extended to condensation and other industrial/atmospheric processes involving rapid size change of nanoparticles.
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Determination of Volatility Parameters of Secondary Organic Aerosol Components via Thermal Analysis. ATMOSPHERE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos13050709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To date, there are limited data on the thermal properties of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) components. In this study, we employed an experimental method to evaluate the physical properties of some atmospherically relevant compounds. We estimated the thermodynamic properties of SOA components, in particularly some carboxylic acids. The molar heat capacity, melting point and enthalpy, and vaporization enthalpy of the samples were determined via differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis, and their vaporization enthalpy (ΔHvap) was estimated using Clausius–Clapeyron and Langmuir equations based on their thermogravimetric profiles. The thermodynamic properties of benzoic acid as a reference compound agree well with the reported values. The obtained specific heat capacities of benzoic acid, phthalic acid, pinic acid, ketopinic acid, cis-pinonic acid, terpenylic acid and diaterpenylic acid acetate (DTAA) are 118.1, 169.4, 189.9, 223.9, 246.1, 223.2, and 524.1 J mol−1 K−1, respectively. The ΔHvap of benzoic acid, phthalic acid, ketopinic acid, DTAA, and 3-methylbutane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid (3-MBTCA) are 93.2 ± 0.4, 131.6, 113.8, and 124.4 kJ mol−1, respectively. The melting and vaporization enthalpies of the SOA components range from 7.3 to 29.7 kJ mol−1.
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Liu L, Guo S, Zhao Z, Li H. Free Energy Prediction of Ion-Induced Nucleation of Aqueous Aerosols. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:2407-2416. [PMID: 35333053 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ion-induced nucleation (IIN) is thought to be an important nucleation pathway of atmospheric aerosols. We present a combined polarizable molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and the classic ion-induced nucleation theory (IINT) approach to predict the free energy profiles of the ion-induced nucleation of aqueous aerosols in a qualitative or semiquantitative way. The dependence of both cluster structure and thermodynamic properties on cluster sizes and ion species is also systemically studied. It is confirmed the ions can significantly enhance the cluster stability, and thereby increase the nucleation rate. The ability of the common atmospheric ions to enhance the nucleation rate follows the order SO42- > H3O+ > NH4+ > NO3-, coinciding with the order of their solvation free energies. Therefore, the solvation energy can be employed as a rough index for evaluating the INN ability. Overall, the consistency between the present predictions and previous experimental and theoretical observations demonstrates the combination of MD simulation and the IINT appears to be a promising approach for exploring the IIN process and understanding the microscopic mechanism of atmospheric-related ions.
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- Liyuan Liu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Rare Earth, GRINM Group Corporation Limited, Beijing 100088, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Slow condensed phase diffusion in organic aerosol particles can impede many chemical and physical processes associated with atmospheric aerosol (e.g., gas-particle equilibrium partitioning). The characteristic times associated with these high viscosity particles are typically modelled using a concentration-dependent diffusivity within a purely Fickian framework. In that model, the medium in which diffusion is taking place is treated as being inviscid as far as mass transport is concerned. In this report, we investigate the validity of assuming that the viscosity is equal to zero by using a transport model that includes viscous pressure gradients. It is found that the effect of viscosity is negligible for particles with radii that are larger than 100 nm, but below that radius, it can delay water uptake and loss by orders of magnitude for physically realistic viscosities. However, if the Stokes–Einstein relation is obeyed, then viscosity can be ignored, even for nanosized particles. In addition to numerical calculations, a dimensionless Deborah number is defined that indicates the significance of Fickian diffusion compared with the rheological response during water transport.
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- Thomas C. Preston
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B9, Canada
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B9, Canada
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Müller M, Mishra A, Berkemeier T, Hausammann E, Peter T, Krieger UK. Electrodynamic balance–mass spectrometry reveals impact of oxidant concentration on product composition in the ozonolysis of oleic acid. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:27086-27104. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03289a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Electrodynamic balance–mass spectrometry measurements reveal how the ozone concentration influences the product composition of oleic acid aerosol droplets.
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- Marcel Müller
- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Logozzo A, Preston TC. Temperature-Controlled Dual-Beam Optical Trap for Single Particle Studies of Organic Aerosol. J Phys Chem A 2021; 126:109-118. [PMID: 34964637 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An optical trapping cell that is capable of suspending particles using two counter-propagating beams in a temperature-controlled environment is reported here. With this dual-beam optical trap, we are able to hold single micron-sized droplets at temperatures down to 253 K (-20 °C) for hours at a time and in metastable (supercooled) states. As particles are trapped at the shared focal points of two intense beams, strong cavity-enhanced Raman scattering (CERS) is observed and allows for high precision measurements of physical properties. Here, the evaporation of highly oxygenated organic systems was monitored using CERS and was used to determine temperature-dependent vapor pressures and enthalpies of vaporization. The wavelength- and temperature-dependent optical properties were also simultaneously retrieved using CERS.
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- Alexander Logozzo
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0B9
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0B9
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Zhang Z, Zhao W, Hu W, Deng J, Ren L, Wu L, Chen S, Meng J, Pavuluri CM, Sun Y, Wang Z, Kawamura K, Fu P. Molecular characterization and spatial distribution of dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in fresh snow in China. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 291:118114. [PMID: 34536649 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Low molecular weight organic compounds are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. However, knowledge on their concentrations and molecular distribution in fresh snow remains limited. Here, twelve fresh snow samples collected at eight sites in China were investigated for dicarboxylic acids and related compounds (DCRCs) including oxocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in the snow samples ranged from 0.99 to 14.6 mg C L-1. Concentrations of total dicarboxylic acids were from 225 to 1970 μg L-1 (av. 650 μg L-1), while oxoacids (28.3-173, av. 68.1 μg L-1) and dicarbonyls (12.6-69.2, av. 31.3 μg L-1) were less abundant, accounting for 4.6-8.5% (6.2%), 0.45-1.4% (0.73%), and 0.12-0.88% (0.46%) of DOC, respectively. Molecular patterns of dicarboxylic acids are characterized by a predominance of oxalic acid (C2) (95.0-1030, av. 310 μg L-1), followed by phthalic (Ph) (9.69-244, av. 69.9 μg L-1) or succinic (C4) (23.8-163, av. 63.7 μg L-1) acid. Higher concentrations of Ph in snow from Beijing and Tianjin than other urban and rural regions suggest significant emissions from vehicular exhausts and other fossil fuel combustion sources in megacities. C2 constituted 40-54% of total diacids, corresponding to 1.5-2.6% of snow DOC. The total measured DCRCs represent 5.5-10% of snow DOC, which suggests that there are large amounts of unknown organics requiring further investigations. The spatial distributions of diacids exhibited higher loadings in megacities than rural and island sites. Molecular distributions of diacids indicated that the photochemical modification was restrained under the weak solar radiation during the snow events, while anthropogenic primary sources had a more significant influence in megacities than rural areas and islands.
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- Zhimin Zhang
- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China; School of Geography and the Environment, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252000, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Chubu Institute for Advanced Studies, Chubu University, Kasugai, 487-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
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Chen Z, Liu P, Liu Y, Zhang YH. Strong Acids or Bases Displaced by Weak Acids or Bases in Aerosols: Reactions Driven by the Continuous Partitioning of Volatile Products into the Gas Phase. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:3667-3678. [PMID: 34569236 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aerosols are ubiquitous in the atmosphere and profoundly affect climate systems and human health. To gain more insights on their broad impacts, we need to comprehensively understand the fundamental properties of atmospheric aerosols. Since aerosols are multiphase, a dispersion of condensed matter (solid particles or liquid droplets, hereafter particles) in gas, partitioning of volatile matter between the condensed and the gas phases is one defining characteristic of aerosols. For example, water content partitioning under different relative humidity conditions, known as aerosol hygroscopicity, has been extensively investigated in the past decades. Meanwhile, partitioning of volatile organic or inorganic components, which is referred to as aerosol volatility, remains understudied. Commonly, a bulk solution system is treated as a single phase, with volatility mainly determined by the nature of its components, and the composition partitioning between solution and gas phase is limited. Aerosols, however, comprise an extensive gas phase, and their volatility can also be induced by component reactions. These reactions occurring within aerosols are driven by the formation of volatile products and their continuous partitioning into the gas phase. As a consequence, the overall aerosol systems exhibit prominent volatility. Noteworthily, such volatility induced by reactions is a phenomenon exclusively observed in the multiphase aerosol systems, and it is trivial in bulk solutions due to the limited extent of liquid-gas partitioning. Take the chloride depletion in sea salt particles as an example. Recent findings have revealed that chloride depletion can be caused by reactions between NaCl and weak organic acids, which release HCl into the gas phase. Such a reaction can be described as a strong acid displaced by a weak acid, which is hardly observed in bulk phase. Generally, this unique partitioning behavior of aerosol systems and its potential to alter aerosol composition, size, reactivity, and other physicochemical properties merits more attention by atmospheric community.This Account focuses on the recent advancements in the research of component reactions that induce aerosol volatility. These reactions can be categorized into four types: chloride depletion, nitrate depletion, ammonium depletion, and salt hydrolysis. The depletion of chloride or nitrate can be regarded as a displacement reaction, in which a strong acid is displaced by a weak acid. Such a reaction releases highly volatile HCl or HNO3 into the gas phase and leads to a loss of chloride or nitrate within the particles. Likewise, ammonium depletion is a displacement reaction in which a strong base is displaced by a weak base, resulting in release of ammonia and substantial changes in aerosol hygroscopicity. In addition, aerosol volatility can also be induced by salt hydrolysis in a specific case, which is sustained by the coexistence of proton acceptor and hydroxide ion acceptor within particles. Furthermore, we quantitatively discuss these displacement reactions from both thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives, by using the extended aerosol inorganic model (E-AIM) and Maxwell steady-state diffusive mass transfer equation, respectively. Given the ubiquity of component partitioning in aerosol systems, our discussion may provide a new perspective on the underlying mechanisms of aerosol aging and relevant climate effects.
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- Zhe Chen
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, The Institute of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, The Institute of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado 80217, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, The Institute of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P.R. China
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Jahn LG, Wang DS, Dhulipala SV, Ruiz LH. Gas-Phase Chlorine Radical Oxidation of Alkanes: Effects of Structural Branching, NO x, and Relative Humidity Observed during Environmental Chamber Experiments. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:7303-7317. [PMID: 34383508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c03516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chlorine-initiated oxidation of alkanes has been shown to rapidly form secondary organic aerosol (SOA) at higher yields than OH-alkane reactions. However, the effects of alkane volatile organic compound precursor structure and the reasons for the differences in SOA yield from OH-alkane reactions remain unclear. In this work, we investigated the effects of alkane molecular structure on oxidation by chlorine radical (Cl) and resulting formation of SOA through a series of laboratory chamber experiments, utilizing data from an iodide chemical ionization mass spectrometer and an aerosol chemical speciation monitor. Experiments were conducted with linear, branched, and branched cyclic C10 alkane precursors under different NOx and RH conditions. Observed product fragmentation patterns during the oxidation of branched alkanes demonstrate the abstraction of primary hydrogens by Cl, confirming a key difference between OH- and Cl-initiated oxidation of alkanes and providing a possible explanation for higher SOA production from Cl-initiated oxidation. Low-NOx conditions led to higher SOA production. SOA formed from butylcyclohexane under low NOx conditions contained higher fractions of organic acids and lower volatility molecules that were less prone to oligomerization relative to decane SOA. Branched alkanes produced less SOA, and branched cycloalkanes produced more SOA than linear n-alkanes, consistent with past work on OH-initiated reactions. Overall, our work provides insights into the differences between Cl- and OH-initiated oxidation of alkanes of different structures and the potential significance of Cl as an atmospheric oxidant.
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- Leif G Jahn
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712 Texas, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712 Texas, United States.,Now at Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712 Texas, United States.,Now at Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, V6T 1Z4 Vancouver, Canada
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712 Texas, United States
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Zhao F, Riipinen I, MacLeod M. Steady-State Mass Balance Model for Predicting Particle-Gas Concentration Ratios of PBDEs. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:9425-9433. [PMID: 33283506 PMCID: PMC8296681 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Assuming equilibrium partitioning between the gas and particle phases has been shown to overestimate the fraction of low-volatility chemicals in the particle phase. Here, we present a new steady-state mass balance model that includes separate compartments for fine and coarse aerosols and the gas phase and study its sensitivity to the input parameters. We apply the new model to investigate deviations from equilibrium partitioning by exploring model scenarios for seven generic aerosol scenarios representing different environments and different distributions of emissions as the gas phase, fine aerosol, and coarse aerosol. With 100% of emissions as the particle phase, the particle-gas concentration ratio in our model is similar to the equilibrium model, while differences are up to a factor of 106 with 100% of emissions as the gas phase. The particle-gas concentration ratios also depend on the particle size distributions and aerosol loadings in the different environmental scenarios. The new mass balance model can predict the particle-gas concentration ratio with more fidelity to measurements than equilibrium models. However, further laboratory-based evaluations and calibrations of the standard sampling techniques, field investigations with preferably size-resolved measurements of aerosol particle composition, together with the appropriate process modeling for low-volatility chemicals are warranted.
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- Fangyuan Zhao
- Department of Environmental
Science (ACES), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental
Science (ACES), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental
Science (ACES), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Hyttinen N, Wolf M, Rissanen MP, Ehn M, Peräkylä O, Kurtén T, Prisle NL. Gas-to-Particle Partitioning of Cyclohexene- and α-Pinene-Derived Highly Oxygenated Dimers Evaluated Using COSMO therm. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:3726-3738. [PMID: 33885310 PMCID: PMC8154597 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c11328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oxidized
organic compounds are expected to contribute to secondary
organic aerosol (SOA) if they have sufficiently low volatilities.
We estimated saturation vapor pressures and activity coefficients
(at infinite dilution in water and a model water-insoluble organic
phase) of cyclohexene- and α-pinene-derived accretion products,
“dimers”, using the COSMOtherm19 program.
We found that these two property estimates correlate with the number
of hydrogen bond-donating functional groups and oxygen atoms in the
compound. In contrast, when the number of H-bond donors is fixed,
no clear differences are seen either between functional group types
(e.g., OH or OOH as H-bond donors) or the formation mechanisms (e.g.,
gas-phase radical recombination vs liquid-phase closed-shell esterification).
For the cyclohexene-derived dimers studied here, COSMOtherm19 predicts lower vapor pressures than the SIMPOL.1 group-contribution
method in contrast to previous COSMOtherm estimates
using older parameterizations and nonsystematic conformer sampling.
The studied dimers can be classified as low, extremely low, or ultra-low-volatility
organic compounds based on their estimated saturation mass concentrations.
In the presence of aqueous and organic aerosol particles, all of the
studied dimers are likely to partition into the particle phase and
thereby contribute to SOA formation.
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- Noora Hyttinen
- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland.,Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland.,Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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Meng J, Li Z, Zhou R, Chen M, Li Y, Yi Y, Ding Z, Li H, Yan L, Hou Z, Wang G. Enhanced photochemical formation of secondary organic aerosols during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northern China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 758:143709. [PMID: 33223177 PMCID: PMC7666554 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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To eliminate the spread of a novel coronavirus breaking out in the end of 2019 (COVID-19), the Chinese government has implemented a nationwide lockdown policy after the Chinese lunar New Year of 2020, resulting in a sharp reduction in air pollutant emissions. To investigate the impact of the lockdown on aerosol chemistry, the number fraction, size distribution and formation process of oxalic acid (C2) containing particles and its precursors were studied using a single particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SPAMS) at the urban site of Liaocheng in the North China Plain (NCP). Our results showed that five air pollutants (i.e., PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, and CO) decreased by 30.0-59.8% during the lockdown compared to those before the lockdown, while O3 increased by 63.9% during the lockdown mainly due to the inefficient titration effect of O3 via NO reduction. The increased O3 concentration can boost the atmospheric oxidizing capacity and further enhance the formation of secondary organic aerosols, thereby significantly enhancing the C2 particles and its precursors as observed during the lockdown. Before the lockdown, C2 particles were significantly originated from biomass burning emissions and their subsequent aqueous-phase oxidation. The hourly variation patterns and correlation analysis before the lockdown suggested that relative humidity (RH) and aerosol liquid water content (ALWC) played a key role in the formation of C2 particles and the increased aerosol acidity can promote the conversion of precursors such as glyoxal (Gly) and methyglyoxal (mGly) into C2 particles in the aqueous phase. RH and ALWC decreased sharply but O3 concentration and solar radiation increased remarkably during the lockdown, the O3-dominated photochemical pathways played an important role in the formation of C2 particles in which aerosol acidity was ineffective. Our study indicated that air pollution treatment sponges on a joint-control and balanced strategy for controlling numerous pollutants.
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- Jingjing Meng
- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China
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- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
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Lanzafame GM, Srivastava D, Favez O, Bandowe BAM, Shahpoury P, Lammel G, Bonnaire N, Alleman LY, Couvidat F, Bessagnet B, Albinet A. One-year measurements of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) markers in the Paris region (France): Concentrations, gas/particle partitioning and SOA source apportionment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 757:143921. [PMID: 33261871 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Twenty-five biogenic and anthropogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) markers have been measured over a one-year period in both gaseous and PM10 phases in the Paris region (France). Seasonal and chemical patterns were similar to those previously observed in Europe, but significantly different from the ones observed in America and Asia due to dissimilarities in source precursor emissions. Nitroaromatic compounds showed higher concentrations in winter due to larger emissions of their precursors originating from biomass combustion used for residential heating purposes. Among the biogenic markers, only isoprene SOA marker concentrations increased in summer while pinene SOA markers did not display any clear seasonal trend. The measured SOA markers, usually considered as semi-volatiles, were mainly associated to the particulate phase, except for the nitrophenols and nitroguaiacols, and their gas/particle partitioning (GPP) showed a low temperature and OM concentrations dependency. An evaluation of their GPP with thermodynamic model predictions suggested that apart from equilibrium partitioning between organic phase and air, the GPP of the markers is affected by processes suppressing volatility from a mixed organic and inorganic phase, such as enhanced dissolution in aerosol aqueous phase and non-equilibrium conditions. SOA marker concentrations were used to apportion secondary organic carbon (SOC) sources applying both, an improved version of the SOA-tracer method and positive matrix factorization (PMF) Total SOC estimations agreed very well between both models, except in summer and during a highly processed Springtime PM pollution event in which systematic underestimation by the SOA tracer method was evidenced. As a first approach, the SOA-tracer method could provide a reliable estimation of the average SOC concentrations, but it is limited due to the lack of markers for aged SOA together with missing SOA/SOC conversion fractions for several sources.
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- G M Lanzafame
- Ineris, Parc Technologique Alata, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, PARIS, France
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- Ineris, Parc Technologique Alata, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Ineris, Parc Technologique Alata, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Processes Research Section, Toronto, Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany; Masaryk University, RECETOX, Brno, Czech Republic
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- LSCE - UMR8212, CNRS-CEA-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IMT Lille Douai, SAGE, Université de Lille, 59000 Lille, France
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- Ineris, Parc Technologique Alata, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Ineris, Parc Technologique Alata, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Ineris, Parc Technologique Alata, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Khanna V, Doherty MF, Peters B. Absolute chemical potentials for complex molecules in fluid phases: A centroid reference for predicting phase equilibria. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:214504. [PMID: 33291889 DOI: 10.1063/5.0025844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Solid-fluid phase equilibria are difficult to predict in simulations because bound degrees of freedom in the crystal phase must be converted to free translations and rotations in the fluid phase. Here, we avoid the solid-to-fluid transformation step by starting with chemical potentials for two reference systems, one for the fluid phase and one for the solid phase. For the solid, we start from the Einstein crystal and transform to the fully interacting molecular crystal. For the fluid phase, we introduce a new reference system, the "centroid," and then transform to gas phase molecules. We illustrate the new calculations by predicting the sublimation vapor pressure of succinic acid in the temperature range of 300 K-350 K.
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- Vikram Khanna
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Willis MD, Rovelli G, Wilson KR. Combining Mass Spectrometry of Picoliter Samples with a Multicompartment Electrodynamic Trap for Probing the Chemistry of Droplet Arrays. Anal Chem 2020; 92:11943-11952. [PMID: 32786501 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Single droplet levitation provides contactless access to the microphysical and chemical properties of micrometer-sized samples. Most applications of droplet levitation to chemical and biological systems use nondestructive optical techniques to probe droplet properties. To provide improved chemical specificity, we coupled a multicompartment quadrupole electrodynamic trap (QET) with single droplet mass spectrometry. Our QET continuously traps a monodisperse droplet population (tens to hundreds of droplets) and allows for the simultaneous sizing of a single droplet using its Mie scattering pattern. Single droplets are subsequently ejected into the ionization region of an ambient pressure inlet mass spectrometer. We optimized two complementary soft ionization techniques for picoliter aqueous droplets: (1) paper spray (PS) ionization and (2) thermal desorption glow discharge (TDGD) ionization. Both techniques detect oxygenated organic acids in single droplets, with signal-to-noise ratios >100 and detection limits on the order of 10 pg. Sensitivity and reproducibility across single droplets are driven by the droplet deposition location and spray stability in PS-MS and the ionization region humidity and analyte evaporation rate in TDGD-MS. Importantly, the analyte evaporation rate can control the TDGD-MS quantitative capability because high evaporation rates result in significant ion suppression. This effect is mitigated by optimizing the vaporization temperature, droplet size range, and analyte volatility. We demonstrate quantitative and reproducible measurements with a droplet internal standard (<10% RSD) and compare the sensitivity of PS-MS and TDGD-MS. Finally, we demonstrate the application of QET-MS to the study of heterogeneous chemical kinetics with the reaction of gas phase O3 and aqueous maleic acid droplets.
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- Megan D Willis
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Open questions on atmospheric nanoparticle growth. Commun Chem 2020; 3:106. [PMID: 36703317 PMCID: PMC9814890 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00339-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Wang M, Chen D, Xiao M, Ye Q, Stolzenburg D, Hofbauer V, Ye P, Vogel AL, Mauldin RL, Amorim A, Baccarini A, Baumgartner B, Brilke S, Dada L, Dias A, Duplissy J, Finkenzeller H, Garmash O, He XC, Hoyle CR, Kim C, Kvashnin A, Lehtipalo K, Fischer L, Molteni U, Petäjä T, Pospisilova V, Quéléver LLJ, Rissanen M, Simon M, Tauber C, Tomé A, Wagner AC, Weitz L, Volkamer R, Winkler PM, Kirkby J, Worsnop DR, Kulmala M, Baltensperger U, Dommen J, El-Haddad I, Donahue NM. Photo-oxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons Produces Low-Volatility Organic Compounds. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:7911-7921. [PMID: 32515954 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To better understand the role of aromatic hydrocarbons in new-particle formation, we measured the particle-phase abundance and volatility of oxidation products following the reaction of aromatic hydrocarbons with OH radicals. For this we used thermal desorption in an iodide-adduct Time-of-Flight Chemical-Ionization Mass Spectrometer equipped with a Filter Inlet for Gases and AEROsols (FIGAERO-ToF-CIMS). The particle-phase volatility measurements confirm that oxidation products of toluene and naphthalene can contribute to the initial growth of newly formed particles. Toluene-derived (C7) oxidation products have a similar volatility distribution to that of α-pinene-derived (C10) oxidation products, while naphthalene-derived (C10) oxidation products are much less volatile than those from toluene or α-pinene; they are thus stronger contributors to growth. Rapid progression through multiple generations of oxidation is more pronounced in toluene and naphthalene than in α-pinene, resulting in more oxidation but also favoring functional groups with much lower volatility per added oxygen atom, such as hydroxyl and carboxylic groups instead of hydroperoxide groups. Under conditions typical of polluted urban settings, naphthalene may well contribute to nucleation and the growth of the smallest particles, whereas the more abundant alkyl benzenes may overtake naphthalene once the particles have grown beyond the point where the Kelvin effect strongly influences the condensation driving force.
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- Mingyi Wang
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Aerodyne Research, Incorporated, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- CENTRA and FCUL, University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- CENTRA and FCUL, University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Finnish meteorological Institute, Erik Palménin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Tampere University, P.O. Box 1001, Tampere 33100, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- IDL-University of Beira Interior, Covilhã 6201-001, Portugal
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Aerodyne Research, Incorporated, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210044, P. R. China
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Zhou Y, Zhang Y, Griffith SM, Wu G, Li L, Zhao Y, Li M, Zhou Z, Yu JZ. Field Evidence of Fe-Mediated Photochemical Degradation of Oxalate and Subsequent Sulfate Formation Observed by Single Particle Mass Spectrometry. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:6562-6574. [PMID: 32339453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this work, we deployed a single particle aerosol mass spectrometer (SPAMS) at a suburban coastal site in Hong Kong from February 04 to April 17, 2013 to study individual oxalate particles and a monitor for aerosols and gases in ambient air (MARGA) to track the bulk oxalate concentrations in particle matter smaller than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5). A shallow dip in the bulk oxalate concentration was consistently observed before 10:00 am in the morning throughout the observation campaign, corresponding to a 20% decrease in the oxalate concentration on average during the decay process. Such a decrease in PM oxalate was found to be coincident with a decrease in Fe-containing oxalate particles, providing persuasive evidence of Fe-mediated photochemical degradation of oxalate. Oxalate mixed with Fe and Fe_NaK particles, from industry sources, were identified as the dominant factors for oxalate decay in the early morning. We further found an increase of sulfate intensity by a factor of 1.6 on these individual Fe-containing particles during the oxalate decomposition process, suggesting a facilitation of sulfur oxidation. This is the first report on the oxalate-Fe decomposition process with individual particle level information and provides unique evidence to advance our current understanding of oxalate and Fe cycling. The present work also indicates the importance of anthropogenic sourced iron in oxalate-Fe photochemical processing. In addition, V-containing oxalate particles, from ship emissions, also showed evidence of morning photodegradation and need further attention since current models rarely consider photochemical processing of oxalate_V particles.
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- Yang Zhou
- Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, China
- Institute of Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong China
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- Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong China
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Environment Safety and Pollution Control, Jinan University, Guangdong 510632, China
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- Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Environment Safety and Pollution Control, Jinan University, Guangdong 510632, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Environment Safety and Pollution Control, Jinan University, Guangdong 510632, China
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- Institute of Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong China
- Division of Environment, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong China
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Estimation of Vapor Pressures of Solvent + Salt Systems with Quadratic Solvation Relationships. J SOLUTION CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10953-020-00983-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Meng J, Liu X, Hou Z, Yi Y, Yan L, Li Z, Cao J, Li J, Wang G. Molecular characteristics and stable carbon isotope compositions of dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in the urban atmosphere of the North China Plain: Implications for aqueous phase formation of SOA during the haze periods. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 705:135256. [PMID: 31838425 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the past five years, Chinese government has promulgated stringent measures to mitigate air pollution. However, PM2.5 levels in the China North Plain (NCP), which is one of the regions with the heaviest air pollution in the world, are still far beyond the World Health Organization (WHO) standard. To improve our understanding on the sources and formation mechanisms of haze in the NCP, PM2.5 samples were collected during the winter of 2017 on a day/night basis at the urban site of Liaocheng, which is one of the most polluted cities in the NCP. The samples were determined for molecular distributions and stable carbon isotope compositions of dicarboxylic acids and their precursors (ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls), levoglucosan, elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC) and water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC). Our results showed that oxalic acid (C2) is the dominant dicarboxylic acid, followed by succinic acid (C4) and malonic acid (C3), and glyoxylic acid (ωC2) is the most abundant ketocarboxylic acids. Concentrations of C2, glyoxal (Gly) and methylglyoxal (mGly) presented robust correlations with levoglucosan, suggesting that biomass burning is a significant source of PM2.5 in the NCP. Moreover, C2 and Gly and mGly linearly correlated with SO42-, relative humidity (RH), aerosol liquid water content (LWC) as well as particle in-situ pH (pHis), indicating that aqueous-phase oxidation is the major formation pathway of these SOA, and is driven by acid-catalyzed oxidation. Concentrations and relative abundances of secondary species including SNA (SO42-, NO3- and NH4+), dicarboxylic acids, and aerosol LWC in PM2.5 are much higher in the haze periods than in the clean periods, suggesting that aqueous reaction is a vital role in the haze formation. In comparison with those in the clean periods, stable carbon isotopic compositions (δ13C) of major dicarboxylic acids and related SOA and the mass ratios of C2/diacids, C2/Gly and C2/mGly are higher in the haze periods, indicating that haze particles were more aged and enriched in secondary species.
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- Jingjing Meng
- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China; State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China; State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China
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- School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, China; Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science of the Ministry of Education, School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
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Zhao W, Wang Z, Li S, Li L, Wei L, Xie Q, Yue S, Li T, Liang Y, Sun Y, Wang Z, Li X, Kawamura K, Wang T, Fu P. Water-soluble low molecular weight organics in cloud water at Mt. Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 697:134095. [PMID: 32380603 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cloud-water samples collected at the summit of Mt. Tai Mo Shan (Mt. TMS, 957 m, a.s.l.), Hong Kong in autumn 2016 and spring 2017 were measured for molecular compositions and stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) of dicarboxylic acids, oxoacids and α-dicarbonyls. Oxalic acid (C2, 253-1680 μg L-1) was found as the most abundant diacid, followed by succinic acid (C4, 24-656 μg L-1) in autumn and phthalic acid (Ph, 27-363 μg L-1) in spring. Higher concentrations of Ph (192 ± 197 μg L-1) and terephthalic acid (tPh, 31 ± 15 μg L-1) were observed in autumn than those in spring, illustrating the enhanced contribution from fossil fuel combustion and plastic wastes burning. Stronger correlations for the shorter chain diacids (C2-C4) with NO3-, nss-SO42- and nss-K+ in autumn (R2 ≥ 0.7) than spring suggested that these diacids were mainly produced via atmospheric photooxidation following anthropogenic emissions. The δ13C values of C2 (mean - 14.7‰), glyoxylic acid (ωC2, -12.2‰), pyruvic acid (Pyr, -15.5‰), glyoxal (Gly, -13.5‰) were much higher than those in atmospheric aerosols from isoprene and other precursors, indicating that diacids, oxoacids and α-dicarbonyls in cloud at Mt. TMS were significantly influenced by photochemical formation during the long-range atmospheric transport.
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- Wanyu Zhao
- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Chubu Institute for Advanced Studies, Chubu University, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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Cao LM, Huang XF, Wang C, Zhu Q, He LY. Characterization of submicron aerosol volatility in the regional atmosphere in Southern China. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 236:124383. [PMID: 31344616 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2019] [Revised: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The volatility of atmospheric aerosols greatly influences the gas-particle partitioning, chemical mechanisms and lifetime of aerosols. Due to the complex composition, the volatility of organic aerosol is one of the major sources of uncertainty in measuring and modeling ambient aerosols. Despite high aerosol loading in the atmosphere in China, especially in winter, few field measurements were conducted targeting the volatility of ambient organic aerosol (OA). With the deployment of a thermodenuder-aerosol mass spectrometer (TD-AMS) system, the volatility of non-refractory submicron aerosols (NR-PM1) were measured on an island near the coastal line for the regional air in wintertime in southern China. NO3- and Cl- showed the highest volatility in the NR-PM1 chemical species, while SO42- showed the least volatility. Organic aerosol showed a moderate volatility, evaporating at a stable rate (0.57% °C-1) at temperatures lower than 150 °C and keeping a stable volatility when its loading increases, which could be an advantage for parameterization of OA in air quality models. Based on both positive matrix factorization and chemical mass balance modeling of OA composition, biomass burning OA was found to be the most volatile factor, followed by hydrocarbon-like OA and more-oxidized oxygenated OA. By summarizing the OA volatility measured in this study and in the literature, we found that the volatilities of different OA factors at different locations do not have a clear relationship with the OA oxidation state, possibly due to the vague understanding of local OA aging mechanisms and mixing states.
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- Li-Ming Cao
- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Elm J, Hyttinen N, Lin JJ, Kurtén T, Prisle NL. Strong Even/Odd Pattern in the Computed Gas-Phase Stability of Dicarboxylic Acid Dimers: Implications for Condensation Thermodynamics. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:9594-9599. [PMID: 31610657 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b08020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The physical properties of small straight-chain dicarboxylic acids are well known to exhibit even/odd alternations with respect to the carbon chain length. For example, odd numbered diacids have lower melting points and higher saturation vapor pressures than adjacent even numbered diacids. This alternation has previously been explained in terms of solid-state properties, such as higher torsional strain of odd number diacids. Using quantum chemical methods, we demonstrate an additional contribution to this alternation in properties resulting from gas-phase dimer formation. Due to a combination of hydrogen bond strength and torsional strain, dimer formation in the gas phase occurs efficiently for glutaric acid (C5) and pimelic acid (C7) but is unfavorable for succinic acid (C4) and adipic acid (C6). Our results indicate that a significant fraction of the total atmospheric gas-phase concentration of glutaric and pimelic acid may consist of dimers.
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- Jonas Elm
- Department of Chemistry and iClimate , Aarhus University , Langelandsgade 140 , 8000 Aarhus C , Denmark
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit , University of Oulu , P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu , Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit , University of Oulu , P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu , Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) , University of Helsinki , P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki , Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit , University of Oulu , P.O. Box 3000, 90014 Oulu , Finland
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One-pot synthesis and shape control of metal selenides, sulfides and oxides with oxalic acid as the reducing reagent. APPLIED NANOSCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-019-00954-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Johnston MV, Kerecman DE. Molecular Characterization of Atmospheric Organic Aerosol by Mass Spectrometry. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2019; 12:247-274. [PMID: 30901261 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061516-045135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Atmospheric aerosol, particulate matter suspended in the air we breathe, exerts a strong impact on our health and the environment. Controlling the amount of particulate matter in air is difficult, as there are many ways particles can form by both natural and anthropogenic processes. We gain insight into the sources of particulate matter through chemical composition measurements. A substantial portion of atmospheric aerosol is organic, and this organic matter is exceedingly complex on a molecular scale, encompassing hundreds to thousands of individual compounds that distribute between the gas and particle phases. Because of this complexity, no single analytical technique is sufficient. However, mass spectrometry plays a crucial role owing to its combination of high sensitivity and molecular specificity. This review surveys the various ways mass spectrometry is used to characterize atmospheric organic aerosol at a molecular level, tracing these methods from inception to current practice, with emphasis on current and emerging areas of research. Both offline and online approaches are covered, and molecular measurements with them are discussed in the context of identifying sources and elucidating the underlying chemical mechanisms of particle formation. There is an ongoing need to improve existing techniques and develop new ones if we are to further advance our knowledge of how to mitigate the unwanted health and environmental impacts of particles.
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- Murray V Johnston
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA;
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Zhong J, Li H, Kumar M, Liu J, Liu L, Zhang X, Zeng XC, Francisco JS. Mechanistic Insight into the Reaction of Organic Acids with SO
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at the Air–Water Interface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201900534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jie Zhong
- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104-6316 USA
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Zhong J, Li H, Kumar M, Liu J, Liu L, Zhang X, Zeng XC, Francisco JS. Mechanistic Insight into the Reaction of Organic Acids with SO
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at the Air–Water Interface. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:8351-8355. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jie Zhong
- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministy of Education of China School of Chemistry Beijing Inistitute of Technology Beijing 100081 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588 USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104-6316 USA
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Ye Q, Sullivan RC, Donahue NM. Using Ionic Liquids To Study the Migration of Semivolatile Organic Vapors in Smog Chamber Experiments. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:3887-3892. [PMID: 30950612 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b02847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Atmospheric organic aerosols comprise complex mixtures of a myriad of compounds with a wide range of structures and volatilities. To understand the fate of atmospheric organic aerosols and their contribution to particulate matter pollution, we need to study the relative portion divided between semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and low-volatility organic compounds (LVOCs). SVOCs can effectively migrate and exchange between aerosol populations and thus are more accessible for further reactions and removal processes, while LVOCs will essentially stay in the particle phase. Here, we introduce using ionic liquid droplets as novel sorbents for organic vapors in smog chamber experiments to study the transfer of constituents between aerosol populations and to separate SVOCs and LVOCs from chamber-produced secondary organic aerosols (SOAs). SOA was formed and condensed on the ammonium-sulfate seeds, and later ionic liquid droplets were introduced into the chamber. We show that there are considerable yields of both LVOCs and SVOCs produced from α-pinene ozonolysis, and the uptake of SVOCs into the ionic liquid increases as the amount of reacted α-pinene increases. We also show that the SVOCs absorbed into the ionic liquid re-evaporate more readily compared to SOA originally condensed on the ammonium-sulfate seeds. We are thus able to differentiate the semivolatile components that partition into the extremely polar ionic liquid aerosols from the demonstrably less volatile components also condensed on the ammonium-sulfate seeds. Combined with previous studies using other organic aerosols as solvents to probe SVOC transfer between aerosol populations, we provide a wide set of measurements to probe and constrain the physical and thermodynamic properties of chamber-produced SOA complex.
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- Qing Ye
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies , Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies , Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies , Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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Feller D, Bross DH, Ruscic B. Enthalpy of Formation of C2H2O4 (Oxalic Acid) from High-Level Calculations and the Active Thermochemical Tables Approach. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:3481-3496. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b12329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David Feller
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
- Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Cubeta US, Sadtchenko V. Glass softening kinetics in the limit of high heating rates. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:094508. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5046304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ulyana S. Cubeta
- Chemistry Department, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia 20052, USA
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- Chemistry Department, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia 20052, USA
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Marsh A, Rovelli G, Miles REH, Reid JP. Complexity of Measuring and Representing the Hygroscopicity of Mixed Component Aerosol. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:1648-1660. [PMID: 30707027 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b11623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The validation of approaches to predict the hygroscopicity of complex mixtures of organic components in aerosol is important for understanding the hygroscopic response of organic aerosol in the atmosphere. We report new measurements of the hygroscopicity of mixtures of dicarboxylic acids and amino acids using a comparative kinetic electrodynamic balance (CK-EDB) approach, inferring the equilibrium water content of the aerosol from close to a saturation relative humidity (100%) down to 80%. We show that the solution densities and refractive indices of the mixtures can be estimated with an accuracy of better than ±2% using the molar refractive index mixing rule and densities and refractive indices for the individual binary organic-aqueous solutions. Further, we show that the often-used mass-, volume-, and mole-weighted mixing rules to estimate the hygroscopicity parameter κ can overestimate the hygroscopic parameter by a factor of as much as 3, highlighting the need to understand the specific nonideal interactions that may arise synergistically in mixtures and cannot be represented by simple models. Indeed, in some extreme cases the hygroscopicity of a multicomponent mixture can be very close to that for the least hygroscopic component. For mixtures of similar components for which no additional synergistic interactions need be considered, the hygroscopicity of the mixed component aerosol can be estimated with high accuracy from the hygroscopic response of the binary aqueous-organic aerosol. In conclusion, we suggest that the hygroscopicity of multicomponent organic aerosol can be highly nonadditive and that simple correlations of hygroscopicity with composition may often misrepresent the level of complexity essential to interpreting aerosol hygroscopicity.
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- Aleksandra Marsh
- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Cantock's Close , Bristol BS8 1TS , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Cantock's Close , Bristol BS8 1TS , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Cantock's Close , Bristol BS8 1TS , U.K
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- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Cantock's Close , Bristol BS8 1TS , U.K
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Bianchi F, Kurtén T, Riva M, Mohr C, Rissanen MP, Roldin P, Berndt T, Crounse JD, Wennberg PO, Mentel TF, Wildt J, Junninen H, Jokinen T, Kulmala M, Worsnop DR, Thornton JA, Donahue N, Kjaergaard HG, Ehn M. Highly Oxygenated Organic Molecules (HOM) from Gas-Phase Autoxidation Involving Peroxy Radicals: A Key Contributor to Atmospheric Aerosol. Chem Rev 2019; 119:3472-3509. [PMID: 30799608 PMCID: PMC6439441 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Highly
oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) are formed in the atmosphere
via autoxidation involving peroxy radicals arising from volatile organic
compounds (VOC). HOM condense on pre-existing particles and can be
involved in new particle formation. HOM thus contribute to the formation
of secondary organic aerosol (SOA), a significant and ubiquitous component
of atmospheric aerosol known to affect the Earth’s radiation
balance. HOM were discovered only very recently, but the interest
in these compounds has grown rapidly. In this Review, we define HOM
and describe the currently available techniques for their identification/quantification,
followed by a summary of the current knowledge on their formation
mechanisms and physicochemical properties. A main aim is to provide
a common frame for the currently quite fragmented literature on HOM
studies. Finally, we highlight the existing gaps in our understanding
and suggest directions for future HOM research.
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- Federico Bianchi
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland.,Aerosol and Haze Laboratory , University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , P.R. China
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland
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- IRCELYON, CNRS University of Lyon , Villeurbanne 69626 , France
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry , Stockholm University , Stockholm 11418 , Sweden
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland
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- Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics , Lund University , Lund 22100 , Sweden
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- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research , Leipzig 04318 , Germany
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences , California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California 91125 , United States
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences , California Institute of Technology , Pasadena , California 91125 , United States
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- Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung, IEK-8 , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Jülich 52425 , Germany
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- Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung, IEK-8 , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Jülich 52425 , Germany
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland.,Institute of Physics , University of Tartu , Tartu 50090 , Estonia
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland.,Aerosol and Haze Laboratory , University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , P.R. China
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland.,Aerodyne Research Inc. , Billerica , Massachusetts 01821 , United States
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington 98195 , United States
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies , Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15213 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cøpenhagen , Cøpenhagen 2100 , Denmark
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science , University of Helsinki , Helsinki 00014 , Finland
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