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Do G, Tsai PJ, Yoon C. Evaluation of particle and volatile organic compound emissions during the use of 3D pens. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 931:173003. [PMID: 38710394 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173003] [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: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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This study investigated particle and volatile organic compound (VOC) emission rates (ER) from 3D pens, which are increasingly popular in children's toys. Nine filaments and two 3D pens were evaluated using a flow tunnel, a scanning mobility particle sizer, a proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer for particles, and a thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometer for VOCs. Results showed that the ERs varied with the pen type, filament, and brand. The particle ER was highest for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), followed by polylactic acid (PLA) and polycaprolactone (PCL). Notably, ERs of 83 % and 33 % of ABS and PLA filaments exceeded the maximum allowable particle ER (MAER; 5 × 109 particles/min) for 3D printers but were lower than the VOC MAER (173 μg/min in the office). Different filaments emitted diverse VOCs; ABS emitted styrene and benzene, PLA emitted lactide, and PCL emitted phenol. While particle ERs from 3D pens were comparable to those from printers, the total VOC ERs from 3D pens were slightly lower. Caution is warranted when using 3D pens because of potential health risks, especially their prolonged use, proximity to the breathing zone, and usage by children. This study highlights the need for considering particles and VOCs when assessing the safety of 3D pens, emphasizing awareness of potential hazards, particularly in child-oriented settings.
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- Geonho Do
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Road, North District, Tainan City 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Yang M, Li F, Huang C, Tong L, Dai X, Xiao H. VOC characteristics and their source apportionment in a coastal industrial area in the Yangtze River Delta, China. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 127:483-494. [PMID: 36522079 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are important precursors of secondary organic compounds and ozone, which raise major environmental concerns. To investigate the VOC emission characteristics, measurements of VOCs based on proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry during 2017 were conducted in a coastal industrial area in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. Based on seasonal variation in species concentration, the positive matrix factorization (PMF) receptor model was applied to apportion the sources of VOCs in each season. The PMF results revealed that unknown acetonitrile source, paint solvent, electronics industry, biomass burning, secondary formation and biogenic emission were mainly attributed to VOC pollution. Biomass burning and secondary formation were the major sources of VOCs and contributed more than 70% of VOC emissions in spring and autumn. Industry-related sources contributed 8.65%-31.2% of the VOCs throughout the year. The unknown acetonitrile source occurred in winter and spring, and contributed 7.6%-43.73% of the VOC emissions in the two seasons. Conditional probability function (CPF) analysis illustrated that the industry sources came from local emission, while biomass burning and biogenic emission mainly came from the northwest direction. The potential source contribution function (PSCF) model showed that secondary formation-related source was mainly from Jiangsu Province, northeastern China and the surrounding ocean. The potential source areas of unknown acetonitrile source were northern Zhejiang Province, southern Jiangsu Province and the northeastern coastal marine environments.
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- Mengrong Yang
- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment & Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo (Beilun) Zhongke Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center, Ningbo 315800, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany; Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, von-Siebold-Straße 3a, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, China
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- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment & Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo (Beilun) Zhongke Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center, Ningbo 315800, China
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- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment & Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo (Beilun) Zhongke Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center, Ningbo 315800, China.
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- Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment & Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Urban Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, Ningbo (Beilun) Zhongke Haixi Industrial Technology Innovation Center, Ningbo 315800, China.
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Parhizkar H, Fretz M, Laguerre A, Stenson J, Corsi RL, Van Den Wymelenberg KG, Gall ET. A novel VOC breath tracer method to evaluate indoor respiratory exposures in the near- and far-fields; implications for the spread of respiratory viruses. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2023; 33:339-346. [PMID: 36424424 PMCID: PMC9686220 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-022-00499-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Several studies suggest that far-field transmission (>6 ft) explains a significant number of COVID-19 superspreading outbreaks. OBJECTIVE Therefore, quantifying the ratio of near- and far-field exposure to emissions from a source is key to better understanding human-to-human airborne infectious disease transmission and associated risks. METHODS In this study, we used an environmentally-controlled chamber to measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from a healthy participant who consumed breath mints, which contained unique tracer compounds. Tracer measurements were made at 0.76 m (2.5 ft), 1.52 m (5 ft), 2.28 m (7.5 ft) from the participant, as well as in the exhaust plenum of the chamber. RESULTS We observed that 0.76 m (2.5 ft) trials had ~36-44% higher concentrations than other distances during the first 20 minutes of experiments, highlighting the importance of the near-field exposure relative to the far-field before virus-laden respiratory aerosol plumes are continuously mixed into the far-field. However, for the conditions studied, the concentrations of human-sourced tracers after 20 minutes and approaching the end of the 60-minute trials at 0.76 m, 1.52 m, and 2.28 m were only ~18%, ~11%, and ~7.5% higher than volume-averaged concentrations, respectively. SIGNIFICANCE This study suggests that for rooms with similar airflow parameters disease transmission risk is dominated by near-field exposures for shorter event durations (e.g., initial 20-25-minutes of event) whereas far-field exposures are critical throughout the entire event and are increasingly more important for longer event durations. IMPACT STATEMENT We offer a novel methodology for studying the fate and transport of airborne bioaerosols in indoor spaces using VOCs as unique proxies for bioaerosols. We provide evidence that real-time measurement of VOCs can be applied in settings with human subjects to estimate the concentration of bioaerosol at different distances from the emitter. We also improve upon the conventional assumption that a well-mixed room exhibits instantaneous and perfect mixing by addressing spatial distances and mixing over time. We quantitatively assessed the exposure levels to breath tracers at alternate distances and provided more insights into the changes on "near-field to far-field" ratios over time. This method can be used in future to estimate the benefits of alternate environmental conditions and occupant behaviors.
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- Hooman Parhizkar
- Institute for Health and the Built Environment, University of Oregon, Portland, OR, 97209, USA
- Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Institute for Health and the Built Environment, University of Oregon, Portland, OR, 97209, USA
- Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
- Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97201, USA
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- Institute for Health and the Built Environment, University of Oregon, Portland, OR, 97209, USA
- Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Institute for Health and the Built Environment, University of Oregon, Portland, OR, 97209, USA.
- Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
- Biology and the Built Environment Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97201, USA
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Laguerre A, Brennan DL, Starry O, Rosenstiel TN, Gall ET. Characterization of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions and CO 2 Uptake from Eco-roof Plants. BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT 2023; 234:110158. [PMID: 37065504 PMCID: PMC10104446 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Vegetation plays an important role in biosphere-atmosphere exchange, including emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) that influence the formation of secondary pollutants. Gaps exist in our knowledge of BVOC emissions from succulent plants, which are often selected for urban greening on building roofs and walls. In this study, we characterize the CO2 uptake and BVOC emission of eight succulents and one moss using proton transfer reaction - time of flight - mass spectrometry in controlled laboratory experiments. CO2 uptake ranged 0 to 0.16 μmol [g DW (leaf dry weight)]-1 s-1 and net BVOC emission ranges -0.10 to 3.11 μg [g DW]-1 h-1. Specific BVOCs emitted or removed varied across plants studied; methanol was the dominant BVOC emitted, and acetaldehyde had the largest removal. Isoprene and monoterpene emissions of studied plants were generally low compared to other urban trees and shrubs, ranging 0 to 0.092 μg [g DW]-1 h-1 and 0 to 0.44 μg [g DW]-1 h-1, respectively. Calculated ozone formation potentials (OFP) of the succulents and moss range 4×10-7 - 4×10-4 g O3 [g DW]-1 d-1. Results of this study can inform selection of plants used in urban greening. For example, on a per leaf mass basis, Phedimus takesimensis and Crassula ovata have OFP lower than many plants presently classified as low OFP and may be promising candidates for greening in urban areas with ozone exceedances.
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- Aurélie Laguerre
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Portland State University Honors College, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
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Volatile Organic Compound Fragmentation in the Afterglow of Pulsed Glow Discharge in Ambient Air. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27206864. [PMID: 36296458 PMCID: PMC9611247 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27206864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Glow discharge (GD) source gained an increased level of attention in relation to the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) since past work showed that this soft ionization method allowed direct analysis of VOCs with minimal fragmentation, however, the issue of fragmentation was not previously studied in detail. The aim of the present work was to investigate the effect of discharge conditions on VOC fragmentation in the system consisting of the cell with pulsed glow discharge and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Ionization of VOCs of different classes (hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, and carboxylic acids) was investigated. A copper cathode with flat geometry was used. VOCs were ionized in the afterglow of short pulse glow discharge in the air. The use of discharge afterglow significantly reduces or eliminates the effects of ionization mechanisms other than Penning process, in particular, electron ionization. This significantly reduced VOC fragmentation and provided rather low limits of detection. Specific cluster formation was observed for alcohols and esters, which may facilitate their identification.
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Zhang Z, Wang H, Yang B, Shu J, Yu Z, Wei Z, Huang J, Jiang K, Guo Y, Li Z. Photoinduced Associative Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Sensitive Determination of Monoterpenes. ANAL LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2022.2049284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Zuojian Zhang
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Kalalian C, Depoorter A, Abis L, Perrier S, George C. Indoor heterogeneous photochemistry of molds and their contribution to HONO formation. INDOOR AIR 2022; 32:e12971. [PMID: 34866244 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12971] [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: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To better understand the impact of molds on indoor air quality, we studied the photochemistry of microbial films made by Aspergillus niger species, a common indoor mold. Specifically, we investigated their implication in the conversion of adsorbed nitrate anions into gaseous nitrous acid (HONO) and nitrogen oxides (NOx ), as well as the related VOC emissions under different indoor conditions, using a high-resolution proton transfer reaction-time of flight-mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) and a long path absorption photometer (LOPAP). The different mold preparations were characterized by the means of direct injection into an Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometer with a heated electrospray ionization (ESI-Orbitrap-MS). The formation of a wide range of VOCs, having emission profiles sensitive to the types of films (either doped by potassium nitrate or not), cultivation time, UV-light irradiation, potassium nitrate concentration and relative humidity was observed. The formation of nitrous acid from these films was also determined and found to be dependent on light and relative humidity. Finally, the reaction paths for the NOx and HONO production are proposed. This work helps to better understand the implication of microbial surfaces as a new indoor source for HONO emission.
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- Carmen Kalalian
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Univ. Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Univ. Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Univ. Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Univ. Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Univ. Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Cui L, Li HW, Huang Y, Zhang Z, Lee SC, Blake DR, Wang XM, Ho KF, Cao JJ. The characteristics and sources of roadside VOCs in Hong Kong: Effect of the LPG catalytic converter replacement programme. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 757:143811. [PMID: 33246717 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In order to improve local air quality of Hong Kong, more than 99% taxies and public light buses were changed from diesel to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel type in the early 2000s. In addition to the catalytic converters wear and tear, it is necessary to control air pollutants emitted from LPG vehicles. Therefore, an LPG catalytic converter replacement programme (CCRP) was fulfilled from October 2013 to April 2014 by the Hong Kong government. Roadside volatile compounds (VOCs) were measured by on-line measurement techniques before and after the programme to evaluate the effectiveness of the LPG CCRP. The mixing ratios of total measured VOCs were found decreased from 69.3 ± 12.6 ppbv to 43.9 ± 6.5 ppbv after the LPG CCRP with the decreasing percentage of 36.7%. In addition, the total mixing ratio of LPG tracers, namely propane, i-butane, and n-butane, accounted for 49% of total measured VOCs before the LPG CCRP and the weighting percentage decreased to 34% after the programme. Moreover, the source apportionment of roadside VOCs also reflects the large decreasing trend of LPG vehicular emissions after the air pollution control measure. Due to the application of PTR-MS on measuring real-time VOCs and oxygenated volatile compounds (OVOCs) in this study, the emission ratios of individual OVOCs were investigated and being utilized to differentiate primary and secondary/biogenic sources of roadside OVOCs in Hong Kong. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the intervention programme, and are helpful to further implementation of air pollution control strategies in Hong Kong.
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- Long Cui
- Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Atmospheric and Haze-fog Pollution Prevention, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710061, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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Xia SY, Wang C, Zhu B, Chen X, Feng N, Yu GH, Huang XF. Long-term observations of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in an urban atmosphere in southern China, 2014-2019. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 270:116301. [PMID: 33360596 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) are important precursors and intermediate products of atmospheric photochemical reactions, which can promote the formation of secondary pollutants such as ozone (O3) and secondary organic aerosol (SOA). However, there have been few studies on the sources of and long-term variation in ambient OVOCs. This study combined sensitive, near real-time measurements of VOCs by proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) with an improved photochemical age parameterization method to quantify daytime sources of OVOCs in an urban atmosphere in China from 2014 to 2019, permitting the observation of the impacts of emission control strategies that were implemented during this period. Temporal variation in six key OVOCs (methanol, acetaldehyde, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), formic acid, and acetic acid) were observed. The sum of concentrations of OVOCs was averagely 13% higher during the dry season (November to April), when winds transported polluted air masses to Shenzhen from the continent, than during the wet season, and peak diurnal levels occurred during the daytime year-round due to photochemical production and higher daytime anthropogenic emissions. The average dry season concentration of OVOCs declined from a peak of 30.3 ppb in 2015 to 18.7 ppb in 2019. The results of source apportionment showed that primary anthropogenic sources contributed the most to methanol, MEK, and acetic acid (32-51%); the dominant sources of acetaldehyde and formic acid were both primary and secondary anthropogenic sources; and biomass burning contributed a small fraction (5-11%) to the six OVOCs. From 2014 to 2019, contributions from primary anthropogenic sources of OVOCs decreased significantly by 50-60% due to intensive pollution control measures in Shenzhen, whereas pollution control measures had no observable impact on secondary OVOCs, indicating their formation was not limited by availability of their primary VOC precursors.
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- Shi-Yong Xia
- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Lishui Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Lishui Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China; Environmental Laboratory, PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution, Science and Technology Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Lishui Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Lishui Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Lishui Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Environmental Laboratory, PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution, Science and Technology Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- Key Laboratory for Urban Habitat Environmental Science and Technology, School of Environment and Energy, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Lishui Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Kalalian C, Abis L, Depoorter A, Lunardelli B, Perrier S, George C. Influence of indoor chemistry on the emission of mVOCs from Aspergillus niger molds. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 741:140148. [PMID: 32610229 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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People spend 80% of their time indoors exposed to poor air quality due to mold growth in humid air as well as human activities (painting, cooking, cleaning, smoking…). To better understand the impact of molds on indoor air quality, we studied the emission of microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (mVOCs) from Aspergillus niger, cultivated on malt agar extract, using a high-resolution proton transfer reaction- time of flight- mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS). These emissions were studied for different cultivation time and indoor relative humidities. Our results show that the concentration of the known C4-C9 mVOCs tracers of the microbial activity (like 1-octen-3-ol, 3-methylfuran, 2-pentanone, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, nitromethane, 1,3-octadiene…) was the highest in the early stage of growth. However, these emissions decreased substantially after a cultivation time of 10-14 days and were highly affected by the relative humidity. In addition, the emissions of certain mVOCs were sensitive to indoor light, suggesting an impact of photochemistry on the relative amounts of indoor mVOCs. Based on this study, an estimation of the mVOC concentration for a standard living room was established at different air exchange rates and their indoor lifetimes toward hydroxyl radicals and ozone were also estimated. These findings give insights on possible mVOCs levels in moisture-damaged buildings for an early detection of microbial activity and new evidences about the effect of indoor light on their emission.
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- Carmen Kalalian
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France.
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Liang Q, Bao X, Sun Q, Zhang Q, Zou X, Huang C, Shen C, Chu Y. Imaging VOC distribution in cities and tracing VOC emission sources with a novel mobile proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 265:114628. [PMID: 32806440 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are important precursors of ozone (O3) and secondary organic aerosols (SOAs). Tracing VOC pollution sources is important for controlling VOC emissions and reducing O3 and SOAs. We built a novel mobile proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (M-PTR-MS) instrument to image the distribution of VOCs and trace their emission sources in cities and industrial parks. The M-PTR-MS is composed of a vibration-resistant proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) with a global positioning system receiver, modified box vehicle, and geographic information system (GIS) software. The PTR-MS, mounted on a vehicle, sends VOC data and vehicle position information to the GIS software. These data are used to image the space distribution of VOCs in real time while the vehicle platform is in motion and the VOC sources are precisely traced using the GIS. The spatial data resolution of the M-PTR-MS is typically 0.8 m. The limits of detection, sensitivity, and repeatability of the M-PTR-MS are 43.5 ppt, 347 counts ppb-1, and 2.4% (RSD, n = 5), respectively. The intensity of reagent ions is stable over 8 h (RSD = 0.45%). Compared with commercial PTR-MS equipment, the M-PTR-MS demonstrated high consistency, with a correlation coefficient of 92.665%. Several field experiments were conducted in China using the M-PTR-MS. In one field experiment, the VOC distribution along three different routes was surveyed; the navigation monitoring lasted 1.8 h over a distance of 26.7 km at an average speed of 15 km h-1. The VOC sources in an industrial park were identified by analyzing the components near different factories. The main species from a VOC source in an underground garage was related to paint. The M-PTR-MS instrument can be used by environmental protection agencies to trace VOC pollution sources in real time, and by researchers to survey VOC emissions in regions of concern.
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- Qu Liang
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China; Department of Pharmacy, Hefei Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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Yu Z, Liu C, Niu H, Wu M, Gao W, Zhou Z, Huang Z, Li X. Real time analysis of trace volatile organic compounds in ambient air: a comparison between membrane inlet single photon ionization mass spectrometry and proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:4343-4350. [PMID: 32844845 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay01102a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Real-time monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is critical for a better understanding of chemical processes in ambient air or making minute-by-minute decisions in emergency situations. Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) is nowadays the most commonly used technique for real-time monitoring of VOCs while membrane single photon ionization mass spectrometry (MI-SPI-MS) is a promising MS technique for online detection of trace VOCs. Here, to evaluate the potential of MI-SPI-MS as a complementary tool to PTR-MS, a comprehensive comparison has been performed between MI-SPI-MS and PTR-MS. By using two sets of standard gas mixtures TO15 and PAMS, SPI-MS shows advantages in the detection of ≥C5 alkanes, aromatics and halogens; especially for aromatics, the LODs can reach the ppt level. PTR-MS has performed better in the detection of alkenes, ketones and aldehydes. For outdoor measurements, a number of VOCs have been detected while using MI-SPI-MS and PTR-MS in parallel. Consistent temporal variations have been observed for toluene, C8-aromatics and C9-aromatics by the two instruments, with a more sensitive response from the MI-SPI-MS. Thus by measuring both standard gas mixture and complex ambient air samples, we have successfully demonstrated that MI-SPI-MS will be a helpful tool to provide important complementary information on aromatics and alkanes in air, and proper application of MI-SPI-MS will benefit the real-time monitoring of trace VOCs in relative fields.
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- Zhujun Yu
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Zhang H, Zhang Y, Huang Z, Acton WJF, Wang Z, Nemitz E, Langford B, Mullinger N, Davison B, Shi Z, Liu D, Song W, Yang W, Zeng J, Wu Z, Fu P, Zhang Q, Wang X. Vertical profiles of biogenic volatile organic compounds as observed online at a tower in Beijing. J Environ Sci (China) 2020; 95:33-42. [PMID: 32653190 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Vertical profiles of isoprene and monoterpenes were measured by a proton transfer reaction-time of flight-mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS) at heights of 3, 15, 32, 64, and 102 m above the ground on the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) tower in central Beijing during the winter of 2016 and the summer of 2017. Isoprene mixing ratios were larger in summer due to much stronger local emissions whereas monoterpenes were lower in summer due largely to their consumption by much higher levels of ozone. Isoprene mixing ratios were the highest at the 32 m in summer (1.64 ± 0.66 ppbV) and at 15 m in winter (1.41 ± 0.64 ppbV) with decreasing concentrations to the ground and to the 102 m, indicating emission from the tree canopy of the surrounding parks. Monoterpene mixing ratios were the highest at the 3 m height in both the winter (0.71 ± 0.42 ppbV) and summer (0.16 ± 0.10 ppbV) with a gradual decreasing trend to 102 m, indicting an emission from near the ground level. The lowest isoprene and monoterpene mixing ratios all occurred at 102 m, which were 0.71 ± 0.42 ppbV (winter) and 1.35 ± 0.51 ppbV (summer) for isoprene, and 0.42 ± 0.22 ppbV (winter) and 0.07 ± 0.06 ppbV (summer) for monoterpenes. Isoprene in the summer and monoterpenes in the winter, as observed at the five heights, showed significant mutual correlations. In the winter monoterpenes were positively correlated with combustion tracers CO and acetonitrile at 3 m, suggesting possible anthropogenic sources.
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- Huina Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Water and Air Pollution Control, South China Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA14YQ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh EH26 0QB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh EH26 0QB, UK
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh EH26 0QB, UK
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA14YQ, UK
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- School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Pugliese G, Piel F, Trefz P, Sulzer P, Schubert JK, Miekisch W. Effects of modular ion-funnel technology onto analysis of breath VOCs by means of real-time mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:7131-7140. [PMID: 32794005 PMCID: PMC7497501 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02846-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS) is a powerful tool for real-time monitoring of trace concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The sensitivity of PTR-ToF-MS also depends on the ability to effectively focus and transmit ions from the relatively high-pressure drift tube (DT) to the low-pressure mass analyzer. In the present study, a modular ion-funnel (IF) is placed adjacent to the DT of a PTR-ToF-MS instrument to improve the ion-focusing. IF consists of a series of electrodes with gradually decreasing orifice diameters. Radio frequency (RF) voltage and direct current (DC) electric field are then applied to the electrodes to get the ions focused. We investigated the effect of the RF voltage and DC field on the sensitivity of a pattern of VOCs including hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and aromatic compounds. In a proof-of-concept study, the instrument operating both as normal DT (DC-mode) and at optimal IF conditions (RF-mode) was applied for the breath analysis of 21 healthy human subjects. For the range of investigated VOCs, an improvement of one order of magnitude in sensitivity was observed in RF-mode compared with DC-mode. Limits of detection could be improved by a factor of 2–4 in RF-mode compared with DC-mode. Operating the instrument in RF-mode allowed the detection of more compounds in the exhaled air compared with DC-mode. Incorporation of the IF considerably improved the performance of PTR-ToF-MS allowing the real-time monitoring of a larger number of potential breath biomarkers. Graphical abstract ![]()
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- Giovanni Pugliese
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 35, 18057, Rostock, Germany
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- IONICON Analytik GmbH, Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 3, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.,Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.,Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 26, 0371, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 35, 18057, Rostock, Germany
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- IONICON Analytik GmbH, Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 3, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 35, 18057, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Rostock University Medical Center, Schillingallee 35, 18057, Rostock, Germany.
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Angot H, McErlean K, Hu L, Millet DB, Hueber J, Cui K, Moss J, Wielgasz C, Milligan T, Ketcherside D, Bret-Harte MS, Helmig D. Biogenic volatile organic compound ambient mixing ratios and emission rates in the Alaskan Arctic tundra. BIOGEOSCIENCES (ONLINE) 2020; 17:6219-6236. [PMID: 35222652 PMCID: PMC8872036 DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-6219-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Rapid Arctic warming, a lengthening growing season, and the increasing abundance of biogenic volatile-organic-compound-emitting shrubs are all anticipated to increase atmospheric biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in the Arctic atmosphere, with implications for atmospheric oxidation processes and climate feedbacks. Quantifying these changes requires an accurate understanding of the underlying processes driving BVOC emissions in the Arctic. While boreal ecosystems have been widely studied, little attention has been paid to Arctic tundra environments. Here, we report terpenoid (isoprene, monoterpenes, and sesquiterpenes) ambient mixing ratios and emission rates from key dominant vegetation species at Toolik Field Station (TFS; 68°38' N, 149°36' W) in northern Alaska during two back-to-back field campaigns (summers of 2018 and 2019) covering the entire growing season. Isoprene ambient mixing ratios observed at TFS fell within the range of values reported in the Eurasian taiga (0-500 parts per trillion by volume - pptv), while monoterpene and sesquiterpene ambient mixing ratios were respectively close to and below the instrumental quantification limit (~ 2 pptv). Isoprene surface emission rates ranged from 0.2 to 2250 μgC m-2 h-1 (mean of 85 μgC m-2 h-1) and monoterpene emission rates remained, on average, below 1 μgC m-2 h-1 over the course of the study. We further quantified the temperature dependence of isoprene emissions from local vegetation, including Salix spp. (a known isoprene emitter), and compared the results to predictions from the Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature version 2.1 (MEGAN2.1). Our observations suggest a 180 %-215 % emission increase in response to a 3-4°C warming, and the MEGAN2.1 temperature algorithm exhibits a close fit with observations for enclosure temperatures in the 0-30°C range. The data presented here provide a baseline for investigating future changes in the BVOC emission potential of the under-studied Arctic tundra environment.
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- Hélène Angot
- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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Li M, Cappellin L, Xu J, Biasioli F, Varotto C. High-throughput screening for in planta characterization of VOC biosynthetic genes by PTR-ToF-MS. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2020; 133:123-131. [PMID: 31701286 PMCID: PMC6946754 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-019-01149-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Functional characterization of plant volatile organic compound (VOC) biosynthetic genes and elucidation of the biological function of their products often involve the screening of large numbers of plants from either independent transformation events or mapping populations. The low time resolution of standard gas chromatographic methods, however, represents a major bottleneck for in planta genetic characterization of VOC biosynthetic genes. Here we present a fast and highly-sensitive method for the high-throughput characterization of VOC emission levels/patterns by coupling a Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer to an autosampler for automation of sample measurement. With this system more than 700 samples per day can be screened, detecting for each sample hundreds of spectrometric peaks in the m/z 15-300 range. As a case study, we report the characterization of VOC emissions from 116 independent Arabidopsis thaliana lines transformed with a putative isoprene synthase gene, confirming its function also when fused to a C-terminal 3×FLAG tag. We demonstrate that the method is more reliable than conventional characterization of transgene expression for the identification of the most highly isoprene-emitting lines. The throughput of this VOC screening method exceeds that of existing alternatives, potentially allowing its application to reverse and forward genetic screenings of genes contributing to VOC emission, constituting a powerful tool for the functional characterization of VOC biosynthetic genes and elucidation of the biological functions of their products directly in planta.
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- Mingai Li
- Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele all' Adige, TN, Italy
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- Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele all' Adige, TN, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35121, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele all' Adige, TN, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35121, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele all' Adige, TN, Italy
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- Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele all' Adige, TN, Italy.
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Fruit aroma and sensorial characteristics of traditional and innovative Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) cultivars grown in Italy. Eur Food Res Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00217-019-03377-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zhou X, Li Z, Zhang T, Wang F, Wang F, Tao Y, Zhang X, Wang F, Huang J. Volatile organic compounds in a typical petrochemical industrialized valley city of northwest China based on high-resolution PTR-MS measurements: Characterization, sources and chemical effects. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 671:883-896. [PMID: 30947059 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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To scientifically understand the emissions and chemistry of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a typical petrochemical industrialized and dust-rich region of Northwest China, VOCs were measured at a receptor site in the Lanzhou Valley using a high-resolution online proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometer (PTR-MS). The ranking of VOC mixing ratios was methanol (32.72 ± 8.94 ppb) > acetaldehyde (5.05 ± 2.4 ppb) > acetic acid (3.42 ± 1.71 ppb). Lanzhou has higher oxygenated VOCs (OVOCs) mixing ratios (methanol and acetaldehyde) and lower aromatics levels (benzene, toluene and C8-aromatics) compared with other cities. The positive matrix factorization (PMF) model showed eight sources of VOCs as follows: (1) mixed industrial process-1 (13.5%), (2) secondary formation (13.2%), (3) mixed industrial process-2 (11.8%), (4) residential biofuel use and waste disposal (13.80%), (5) solvent usage (10.1%), (6) vehicular exhaust (11.8%), (7) biogenic (13.8%) and (8) biomass burning (12.0%). Both the PSCF and the CWT results of mixed industrial process-1 were mainly from the northeast of Lanzhou and the biomass burning was from the southeast; the other four sources (without secondary formation and biogenic) were mainly from the west and northwest of Lanzhou, which were associated with the dust area of the Gobi Desert. A trajectory sector analysis revealed that the local emissions contributed 64.9-71.1% to the VOCs. OVOCs accounted for 43% of the ozone production potential (OFP), and residential biofuel use and waste disposal (25.1%), mixed industrial process-2 (15.3%) and solvent usage (13.4%) appeared to be the dominant sources contributors to O3 production. The rank of main secondary organic aerosols (SOA) precursors under low-NOx conditions is xylene > toluene > benzene > naphthalene > styrene > C10-aromatics > isoprene, while under high-NOx conditions, it is toluene > naphthalene > xylene > C10-aromatics > styrene > benzene > isoprene. Solvent usage and vehicular exhaust appeared to be the dominant contributors to SOA formation.
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- Xi Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Tianshan Glaciological Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Tianshan Glaciological Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China; College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; University Corporation for Polar Research, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Tianshan Glaciological Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Malásková M, Olivenza-León D, Piel F, Mochalski P, Sulzer P, Jürschik S, Mayhew CA, Märk TD. Compendium of the Reactions of H 3O + With Selected Ketones of Relevance to Breath Analysis Using Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry. Front Chem 2019; 7:401. [PMID: 31263690 PMCID: PMC6584912 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Soft chemical ionization mass spectrometric techniques, such as proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS), are often used in breath analysis, being particularly powerful for real-time measurements. To ascertain the type and concentration of volatiles in exhaled breath clearly assignable product ions resulting from these volatiles need to be determined. This is difficult for compounds where isomers are common, and one important class of breath volatiles where this occurs are ketones. Here we present a series of extensive measurements on the reactions of H3O+ with a selection of ketones using PTR-MS. Of particular interest is to determine if ketone isomers can be distinguished without the need for pre-separation by manipulating the ion chemistry through changes in the reduced electric field. An additional issue for breath analysis is that the product ion distributions for these breath volatiles are usually determined from direct PTR-MS measurements of the compounds under the normal operating conditions of the instruments. Generally, no account is made for the effects on the ion-molecule reactions by the introduction of humid air samples or increased CO2 concentrations into the drift tubes of these analytical devices resulting from breath. Therefore, another motivation of this study is to determine the effects, if any, on the product ion distributions under the humid conditions associated with breath sampling. However, the ultimate objective for this study is to provide a valuable database of use to other researchers in the field of breath analysis to aid in analysis and quantification of trace amounts of ketones in human breath. Here we present a comprehensive compendium of the product ion distributions as a function of the reduced electric field for the reactions of H3O+. (H2O)n (n = 0 and 1) with nineteen ketones under normal and humid (100% relative humidity for 37 °C) PTR-MS conditions. The ketones selected for inclusion in this compendium are (in order of increasing molecular weight): 2-butanone; 2-pentanone; 3-pentanone; 2-hexanone; 3-hexanone; 2-heptanone; 3-heptanone; 4-heptanone; 3-octanone; 2-nonanone; 3-nonanone; 2-decanone; 3-decanone; cyclohexanone; 3-methyl-2-butanone; 3-methyl-2-pentanone; 2-methyl-3-pentanone; 2-methyl-3-hexanone; and 2-methyl-3-heptanone.
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- Michaela Malásková
- Institute for Breath Research, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria
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- Molecular Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- IONICON Analytik Gesellschaft m.b.H., Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Breath Research, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria
- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
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- IONICON Analytik Gesellschaft m.b.H., Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Breath Research, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Dornbirn, Austria
- Molecular Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- IONICON Analytik Gesellschaft m.b.H., Innsbruck, Austria
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Arroyo PC, Malecha KT, Ammann M, Nizkorodov SA. Influence of humidity and iron(iii) on photodegradation of atmospheric secondary organic aerosol particles. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:30021-30031. [PMID: 30480278 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03981j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The absorption of solar actinic radiation by atmospheric secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles drives condensed-phase photochemical processes, which lead to particle mass loss by the production of CO, CO2, hydrocarbons, and various oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs). We examined the influence of relative humidity (RH) and Fe(iii) content on the OVOC release and subsequent mass loss from secondary organic aerosol material (SOM) during UV irradiation. The samples were generated in a flow tube reactor from the oxidation of d-limonene by ozone. The SOM was collected with a Micro Orifice Uniform Deposit Impactor (MOUDI) on CaF2 windows. To selected samples, a variable amount of FeCl3 was added before irradiation. The resulting SOM samples, with or without added FeCl3, were irradiated with a 305 nm light-emitting diode and the release of several OVOCs, including acetic acid, acetone, formic acid and acetaldehyde, was measured with a Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (PTR-ToF-MS). The release of OVOCs from photodegradation of SOM at typical ambient mid-values of RH (30-70%) was 2-4 times higher than under dry conditions. The release of OVOCs was slightly enhanced in the presence of low concentrations of iron (0.04 Fe molar ratio) but it was suppressed at higher concentrations (0.50 Fe molar ratio) of iron indicating the existence of a complicated radical chemistry driving the photodegradation of SOM. Our findings suggest that the presence of iron in atmospheric aerosol particles will either increase or decrease release of OVOCs due to the photodegradation of SOM depending on whether the relative iron concentration is low or high, respectively. At atmospherically relevant RH conditions, the expected fractional mass loss induced by these photochemical processes from limonene SOA particles would be between 2 and 4% of particle mass per hour. Therefore, photodegradation is an important aging mechanism for this type of SOA.
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- Pablo Corral Arroyo
- Paul Scherrer Institute, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Lu XW, Ren Y, Liu QY, Zhang T, Jiang LX, Wei GP, He SG. Electron Attachment Reaction Ionization of Gas-Phase Methylglyoxal. Anal Chem 2018; 90:13467-13474. [PMID: 30347147 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Methylglyoxal (MGLY) plays a significant role in atmospheric chemistry by serving as a key contributor to the formation of active free radicals, ozone, and secondary organic aerosol. Detection of MGLY by traditional chemical ionization such as proton-transfer reaction has several shortcomings such as parent molecule fragmentation. In this study, an electron attachment reaction (EAR) ionization method has been developed for the effective detection of MGLY. Almost no fragmentation was observed during the EAR. The generation of MGLY- anion in the EAR was further confirmed by cryogenic photoelectron imaging spectroscopy. The concentration of MGLY can be calibrated by using dibromomethane (CH2Br2) as reference gas. The detection sensitivity of MGLY was estimated to be (100 ± 2) mV/ppbv (parts per billion by volume). The O2, H2O, CO2, and trace gases in ambient air have no obvious effects on the detection of MGLY- anion by the EAR ionization method.
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- Xue-Wei Lu
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species , Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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Sheu R, Marcotte A, Khare P, Charan S, Ditto JC, Gentner DR. Advances in offline approaches for chemically speciated measurements of trace gas-phase organic compounds via adsorbent tubes in an integrated sampling-to-analysis system. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1575:80-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Gandolfo A, Marque S, Temime-Roussel B, Gemayel R, Wortham H, Truffier-Boutry D, Bartolomei V, Gligorovski S. Unexpectedly High Levels of Organic Compounds Released by Indoor Photocatalytic Paints. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:11328-11337. [PMID: 30188114 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Photocatalytic paints based on titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles represent a promising treatment technology for cleaning the air at our dwellings. A few studies have shown that instead of elimination of harmful indoor air pollutants the production of carbonyl compounds occurs from the photocatalytic paints. Herein, we report unexpectedly high concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released upon irradiation of photocatalytic paints which are meant to clean the air at our dwellings. The concentrations of the VOCs were measured continuously and online by PTR-ToF-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry) connected to a well-established flow tube photoreactor. The PTR-ToF-MS analysis revealed the presence of 52 ions in the mass range between 20 and 490 amu, among which 43 have been identified. In particular very high emission rates were estimated of two relevant indoor air pollutants, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde as 355 μg h-1 and 257 μg h-1 for 1 m2, respectively. We suggest a detailed reaction mechanism responsible for the production of these harmful indoor air pollutants (formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, among the others). The hydroxyl radicals (OH) formed upon activation of TiO2, react with the organic constituent (butyl acrylate and vinyl acetate) of the paint binder lead to generation of an important number of organic compounds. We demonstrate that the TiO2 quantity and the organic content of the binder is of paramount importance with respect to the formation of VOCs, which should be considered for future optimization of this air remediation technology based on TiO2 nanoparticles.
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- Adrien Gandolfo
- Aix Marseille Univ , CNRS, LCE, UMR 7376 , 13331 , Marseille , France
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- Aix Marseille Univ , CNRS, ICR, UMR 7273 , 13297 , Marseille , France
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- Aix Marseille Univ , CNRS, LCE, UMR 7376 , 13331 , Marseille , France
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- Aix Marseille Univ , CNRS, LCE, UMR 7376 , 13331 , Marseille , France
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- Aix Marseille Univ , CNRS, LCE, UMR 7376 , 13331 , Marseille , France
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry , Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510 640 , China
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Krechmer J, Lopez-Hilfiker F, Koss A, Hutterli M, Stoermer C, Deming B, Kimmel J, Warneke C, Holzinger R, Jayne J, Worsnop D, Fuhrer K, Gonin M, de Gouw J. Evaluation of a New Reagent-Ion Source and Focusing Ion–Molecule Reactor for Use in Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2018; 90:12011-12018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jordan Krechmer
- Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado United States
- Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado 80305-3337, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
- TOFWERK AG, 3600 Thun, Switzerland
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado United States
- Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado 80305-3337, United States
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- Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Millet DB, Alwe HD, Chen X, Deventer MJ, Griffis TJ, Holzinger R, Bertman SB, Rickly PS, Stevens PS, Léonardis T, Locoge N, Dusanter S, Tyndall GS, Alvarez SL, Erickson MH, Flynn JH. Bidirectional Ecosystem-Atmosphere Fluxes of Volatile Organic Compounds Across the Mass Spectrum: How Many Matter? ACS EARTH & SPACE CHEMISTRY 2018; 2:764-777. [PMID: 33615099 PMCID: PMC7894362 DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Terrestrial ecosystems are simultaneously the largest source and a major sink of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to the global atmosphere, and these two-way fluxes are an important source of uncertainty in current models. Here, we apply high-resolution mass spectrometry (proton transfer reaction-quadrupole interface time-of-flight; PTR-QiTOF) to measure ecosystem-atmosphere VOC fluxes across the entire detected mass range (m/z 0-335) over a mixed temperate forest and use the results to test how well a state-of-science chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem CTM) is able to represent the observed reactive carbon exchange. We show that ambient humidity fluctuations can give rise to spurious VOC fluxes with PTR-based techniques and present a method to screen for such effects. After doing so, 377 of the 636 detected ions exhibited detectable gross fluxes during the study, implying a large number of species with active ecosystem-atmosphere exchange. We introduce the reactivity flux as a measure of how Earth-atmosphere fluxes influence ambient OH reactivity and show that the upward total VOC (∑VOC) carbon and reactivity fluxes are carried by a far smaller number of species than the downward fluxes. The model underpredicts the ∑VOC carbon and reactivity fluxes by 40-60% on average. However, the observed net fluxes are dominated (90% on a carbon basis, 95% on a reactivity basis) by known VOCs explicitly included in the CTM. As a result, the largest CTM uncertainties in simulating VOC carbon and reactivity exchange for this environment are associated with known rather than unrepresented species. This conclusion pertains to the set of species detectable by PTR-TOF techniques, which likely represents the majority in terms of carbon mass and OH reactivity, but not necessarily in terms of aerosol formation potential. In the case of oxygenated VOCs, the model severely underpredicts the gross fluxes and the net exchange. Here, unrepresented VOCs play a larger role, accounting for ~30% of the carbon flux and ~50% of the reactivity flux. The resulting CTM biases, however, are still smaller than those that arise from uncertainties for known and represented compounds.
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- Dylan B. Millet
- University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States
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- University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, United States
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- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, United States
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- IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Lille, SAGE - Département Sciences de l’Atmosphère et Génie de l’Environnement, 59000 Lille, France
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- IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Lille, SAGE - Département Sciences de l’Atmosphère et Génie de l’Environnement, 59000 Lille, France
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- IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Lille, SAGE - Département Sciences de l’Atmosphère et Génie de l’Environnement, 59000 Lille, France
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- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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Klein F, Pieber SM, Ni H, Stefenelli G, Bertrand A, Kilic D, Pospisilova V, Temime-Roussel B, Marchand N, El Haddad I, Slowik JG, Baltensperger U, Cao J, Huang RJ, Prévôt ASH. Characterization of Gas-Phase Organics Using Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Residential Coal Combustion. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:2612-2617. [PMID: 29436222 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Residential coal combustion is a significant contributor to particulate urban air pollution in Chinese mega cities and some regions in Europe. While the particulate emission factors and the chemical characteristics of the organic and inorganic aerosol from coal combustion have been extensively studied, the chemical composition and nonmethane organic gas (NMOG) emission factors from residential coal combustion are mostly unknown. We conducted 23 individual burns in a traditional Chinese stove used for heating and cooking using five different coals with Chinese origins, characterizing the NMOG emissions using a proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The measured emission factors range from 1.5 to 14.1 g/kgcoal for bituminous coals and are below 0.1 g/kgcoal for anthracite coals. The emission factors from the bituminous coals are mostly influenced by the time until the coal is fully ignited. The emissions from the bituminous coals are dominated by aromatic and oxygenated aromatic compounds with a significant contribution of hydrocarbons. The results of this study can help to improve urban air pollution modeling in China and Eastern Europe and can be used to constrain a coal burning factor in ambient gas phase positive matrix factorization studies.
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- Felix Klein
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Xi'an , 710061 , China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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- Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Xi'an , 710061 , China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
- Key Lab of Aerosol Chemistry & Physics, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Xi'an , 710061 , China
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry , Paul Scherrer Institute , Villigen , 5232 , Switzerland
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Trefz P, Schubert JK, Miekisch W. Effects of humidity, CO 2 and O 2 on real-time quantitation of breath biomarkers by means of PTR-ToF-MS. J Breath Res 2018; 12:026016. [PMID: 29199640 DOI: 10.1088/1752-7163/aa9eea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS) represents an attractive tool for the real-time analysis of VOC profiles in human breath. Quantification of breath VOCs by means of direct MS may be affected by the matrix, as human breath not only contains several hundred VOCs at the ppbV-pptV level, but is water saturated and contains percentage levels of CO2. Investigation of breath biomarkers in clinical studies requires quantitative and comparable results. We therefore systematically assessed the effect of humidity, CO2 and O2 on the results of PTR-MS analysis. We investigated more than 20 VOCs, including aldehydes, ketones, aromatic compounds and hydrocarbons with different sample humidity, CO2 and O2 content. The influence of data processing (e.g. normalization to the H3O+ ion count) was also addressed. An increase of the H3O+ count of about 20% was observed when the humidity in the sample was increased to breath levels. Large differences regarding the measured VOC intensities were found between the dry and humid samples. Data normalization to the H3O+ or water-clusters could not fully compensate for the humidity-dependent effects. However, as the determination of most VOCs linearly depends on the humidity over the whole investigated range, factor-based correction seems possible. The effects of CO2 were more pronounced in the dry samples than in the humid samples but only had a minor influence on the results. The same was true for the influence of O2. For the reliable quantification of VOCs in clinical studies and for the standardization of VOC research, well-adapted calibration standards are required for PTR-MS analysis.
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- Phillip Trefz
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Medicine Rostock, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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Isaacman-VanWertz G, Sueper DT, Aikin KC, Lerner BM, Gilman JB, de Gouw JA, Worsnop DR, Goldstein AH. Automated single-ion peak fitting as an efficient approach for analyzing complex chromatographic data. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1529:81-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yuan B, Koss AR, Warneke C, Coggon M, Sekimoto K, de Gouw JA. Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry: Applications in Atmospheric Sciences. Chem Rev 2017; 117:13187-13229. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Bin Yuan
- Institute
for Environment and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
- Chemical
Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
- Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
- Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
- Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
- Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
- Graduate
School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
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- Cooperative
Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Schueuermann C, Bremer P, Silcock P. PTR-MS volatile profiling of Pinot Noir wines for the investigation of differences based on vineyard site. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2017; 52:625-631. [PMID: 28598532 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of vineyard site on the volatile profiles of Pinot Noir wines using proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry with prior headspace dilution. The ANOVA and PCA enabled discrimination of wine based on vineyard site. Sample separation was due to differences in the ratios of a mixture of compounds, including higher alcohols, ethyl, and acetate esters. Proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry appears to be a useful technique for rapidly discriminating wines based on vineyard site. The similarities and differences expressed in the wines' volatile profiles may help winemakers to reveal the potential of individual vineyard sites to produce wines of certain character. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- C Schueuermann
- Department of Food Science, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
- National Wine and Grape Industry Centre, School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2678, Australia
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- Department of Food Science, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Food Science, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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De Haan DO, Hawkins LN, Welsh HG, Pednekar R, Casar JR, Pennington EA, de Loera A, Jimenez NG, Symons MA, Zauscher M, Pajunoja A, Caponi L, Cazaunau M, Formenti P, Gratien A, Pangui E, Doussin JF. Brown Carbon Production in Ammonium- or Amine-Containing Aerosol Particles by Reactive Uptake of Methylglyoxal and Photolytic Cloud Cycling. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:7458-7466. [PMID: 28562016 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The effects of methylglyoxal uptake on the physical and optical properties of aerosol containing amines or ammonium sulfate were determined before and after cloud processing in a temperature- and RH-controlled chamber. The formation of brown carbon was observed upon methylglyoxal addition, detected as an increase in water-soluble organic carbon mass absorption coefficients below 370 nm and as a drop in single-scattering albedo at 450 nm. The imaginary refractive index component k450 reached a maximum value of 0.03 ± 0.009 with aqueous glycine aerosol particles. Browning of solid particles occurred at rates limited by chamber mixing (<1 min), and in liquid particles occurred more gradually, but in all cases occurred much more rapidly than in bulk aqueous studies. Further browning in AS and methylammonium sulfate seeds was triggered by cloud events with chamber lights on, suggesting photosensitized brown carbon formation. Despite these changes in optical aerosol characteristics, increases in dried aerosol mass were rarely observed (<1 μg/m3 in all cases), consistent with previous experiments on methylglyoxal. Under dry, particle-free conditions, methylglyoxal reacted (presumably on chamber walls) with methylamine with a rate constant k = (9 ± 2) × 10-17 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 at 294 K and activation energy Ea = 64 ± 37 kJ/mol.
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- David O De Haan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego , 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College , 301 Platt Blvd, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College , 301 Platt Blvd, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College , 301 Platt Blvd, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College , 301 Platt Blvd, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College , 301 Platt Blvd, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego , 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego , 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego , 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego , 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110, United States
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland , P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil (UPEC) et Université Paris Diderot (UPD), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), 94010 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil (UPEC) et Université Paris Diderot (UPD), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), 94010 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil (UPEC) et Université Paris Diderot (UPD), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), 94010 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil (UPEC) et Université Paris Diderot (UPD), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), 94010 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil (UPEC) et Université Paris Diderot (UPD), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), 94010 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA), UMR7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil (UPEC) et Université Paris Diderot (UPD), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), 94010 Créteil, France
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Liu S, Thompson SL, Stark H, Ziemann PJ, Jimenez JL. Gas-Phase Carboxylic Acids in a University Classroom: Abundance, Variability, and Sources. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:5454-5463. [PMID: 28420232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Gas-phase carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in ambient air, yet their indoor occurrence and abundance are poorly characterized. To fill this gap, we measured gas-phase carboxylic acids in real-time inside and outside of a university classroom using a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer (HRToF-CIMS) equipped with an acetate ion source. A wide variety of carboxylic acids were identified indoors and outdoors, including monoacids, diacids, hydroxy acids, carbonyl acids, and aromatic acids. An empirical parametrization was derived to estimate the sensitivity (ion counts per ppt of the analytes) of the HRToF-CIMS to the acids. The campaign-average concentration of carboxylic acids measured outdoors was 1.0 ppb, with the peak concentration occurring in daytime. The average indoor concentration of carboxylic acids was 6.8 ppb, of which 87% was contributed by formic and lactic acid. While carboxylic acids measured outdoors displayed a single daytime peak, those measured indoors displayed a daytime and a nighttime peak. Besides indoor sources such as off-gassing of building materials, evidence for acid production from indoor chemical reactions with ozone was found. In addition, some carboxylic acids measured indoors correlated to CO2 in daytime, suggesting that human occupants may contribute to their abundance either through direct emissions or surface reactions.
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- Shang Liu
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Aerodyne Research Inc. , Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Liu S, Li R, Wild RJ, Warneke C, de Gouw JA, Brown SS, Miller SL, Luongo JC, Jimenez JL, Ziemann PJ. Contribution of human-related sources to indoor volatile organic compounds in a university classroom. INDOOR AIR 2016; 26:925-938. [PMID: 26610063 DOI: 10.1111/ina.12272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Although significant progress has been made in understanding the sources and chemistry of indoor volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during the past decades, much is unknown about the role of humans in indoor air chemistry. In the spring of 2014, we conducted continuous measurements of VOCs using a proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS) in a university classroom. Positive matrix factorization (PMF) of the measured VOCs revealed a 'human influence' component, which likely represented VOCs produced from human breath and ozonolysis of human skin lipids. The concentration of the human influence component increased with the number of occupants and decreased with ventilation rate in a similar way to CO2 , with an average contribution of 40% to the measured daytime VOC concentration. In addition, the human skin lipid ozonolysis products were observed to correlate with CO2 and anticorrelate with O3 , suggesting that reactions on human surfaces may be important sources of indoor VOCs and sinks for indoor O3 . Our study suggests that humans can substantially affect VOC composition and oxidative capacity in indoor environments.
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- S Liu
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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Meteorological Influences on Trace Gas Transport along the North Atlantic Coast during ICARTT 2004. ATMOSPHERE 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos5040973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Trivedi DK, Iles RK. Do not just do it, do it right: urinary metabolomics -establishing clinically relevant baselines. Biomed Chromatogr 2014; 28:1491-501. [DOI: 10.1002/bmc.3219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Drupad K. Trivedi
- Eric Leonard Kruse Foundation for Health Research; Manchester UK
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry; University of Manchester; M1 7DN UK
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- Eric Leonard Kruse Foundation for Health Research; Manchester UK
- MAP Diagnostic Ltd; Ely Cambridgeshire UK
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Kim S, Guenther A, Apel E. Quantitative and qualitative sensing techniques for biogenic volatile organic compounds and their oxidation products. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2013; 15:1301-1314. [PMID: 23748571 DOI: 10.1039/c3em00040k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The physiological production mechanisms of some of the organics in plants, commonly known as biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs), have been known for more than a century. Some BVOCs are emitted to the atmosphere and play a significant role in tropospheric photochemistry especially in ozone and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) productions as a result of interplays between BVOCs and atmospheric radicals such as hydroxyl radical (OH), ozone (O3) and NOX (NO + NO2). These findings have been drawn from comprehensive analysis of numerous field and laboratory studies that have characterized the ambient distribution of BVOCs and their oxidation products, and reaction kinetics between BVOCs and atmospheric oxidants. These investigations are limited by the capacity for identifying and quantifying these compounds. This review highlights the major analytical techniques that have been used to observe BVOCs and their oxidation products such as gas chromatography, mass spectrometry with hard and soft ionization methods, and optical techniques from laser induced fluorescence (LIF) to remote sensing. In addition, we discuss how new analytical techniques can advance our understanding of BVOC photochemical processes. The principles, advantages, and drawbacks of the analytical techniques are discussed along with specific examples of how the techniques were applied in field and laboratory measurements. Since a number of thorough review papers for each specific analytical technique are available, readers are referred to these publications rather than providing thorough descriptions of each technique. Therefore, the aim of this review is for readers to grasp the advantages and disadvantages of various sensing techniques for BVOCs and their oxidation products and to provide guidance for choosing the optimal technique for a specific research task.
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- Saewung Kim
- Department of Earth System Science, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Zhao W, Yang Y, Dai J, Liu F, Wang Y. VUV photolysis of naphthalene in indoor air: Intermediates, pathways, and health risk. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 91:1002-1008. [PMID: 23461839 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To evaluate the health risk of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photolysis of naphthalene (NP) in indoor air, intermediates were detected by gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry and proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry. Results showed that 13 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in gas phase and five semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in oil phase were the main intermediates. VUV photolysis pathways of NP can be divided into five stages including functionalization, partition, condensation, fragmentation, and mineralization. Initially NP was converted into several SVOCs via functionalization by oxidative radicals. SVOCs with high boiling points and polarity groups would partition between aerosol and gas phase. Certain amount of SVOCs in aerosol phase were transformed to oily substances by condensation, which can be washed out by conventional gas washing technique like wet scrubber easily. A majority of SVOCs in gas phase were converted to VOCs by fragmentation, which can be further mineralized into CO2. The accumulation of VOCs, especially highly harmful aldehydes, resulted in an increase of health risk influence index (η) to 150 after VUV irradiation of 2.81min, while the mineralization of VOCs led to a sharp decline of η to 28 after VUV irradiation of 7.01min. It can be concluded that the mineralization of VOCs is a key factor to alleviate the health risk of photolysis. The results will guide a safe and economical application of VUV photolysis technology in indoor air purification.
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- Weirong Zhao
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Hu L, Millet DB, Kim SY, Wells KC, Griffis TJ, Fischer EV, Helmig D, Hueber J, Curtis AJ. North American acetone sources determined from tall tower measurements and inverse modeling. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 2013; 13:3379-3392. [PMID: 33719355 PMCID: PMC7954043 DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3379-2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We apply a full year of continuous atmospheric acetone measurements from the University of Minnesota tall tower Trace Gas Observatory (KCMP tall tower; 244 m a.g.l.), with a 0.5° × 0.667° GEOS-Chem nested grid simulation to develop quantitative new constraints on seasonal acetone sources over North America. Biogenic acetone emissions in the model are computed based on the MEGANv2.1 inventory. An inverse analysis of the tall tower observations implies a 37% underestimate of emissions from broadleaf trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, and an offsetting 40% overestimate of emissions from needleleaf trees plus secondary production from biogenic precursors. The overall result is a small (16%) model underestimate of the total primary + secondary biogenic acetone source in North America. Our analysis shows that North American primary + secondary anthropogenic acetone sources in the model (based on the EPA NEI 2005 inventory) are accurate to within approximately 20%. An optimized GEOS-Chem simulation incorporating the above findings captures 70% of the variance (R = 0.83) in the hourly measurements at the KCMP tall tower, with minimal bias. The resulting North American acetone source is 11 Tg a-1, including both primary emissions (5.5 Tg a-1) and secondary production (5.5 Tg a-1), and with roughly equal contributions from anthropogenic and biogenic sources. The North American acetone source alone is nearly as large as the total continental volatile organic compound (VOC) source from fossil fuel combustion. Using our optimized source estimates as a baseline, we evaluate the sensitivity of atmospheric acetone and peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) to shifts in natural and anthropogenic acetone sources over North America. Increased biogenic acetone emissions due to surface warming are likely to provide a significant offset to any future decrease in anthropogenic acetone emissions, particularly during summer.
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- L. Hu
- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA
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Zhan X, Duan J, Duan Y. Recent developments of proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) and its applications in medical research. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2013; 32:143-165. [PMID: 23097015 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) allows for real-time, on-line determination of absolute concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with a high sensitivity and low detection limits (in the pptv range). The technique utilizes H₃O⁺ ions for proton-transfer reactions with many common VOCs while having little to no reaction with any constituents commonly present in air. Over the past decades, research has greatly improved the applications and instrumental design of PTR-MS. In this article, we give an overview of the development of PTR-MS in recent years and its application in medical research. The theory of PTR-MS and various methods for discriminating isobaric VOCs are also described. We also show several specialized designs of sample inlet system, some of those may make PTR-MS suitable for the detection of aqueous solution and/or non-volatile samples.
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- Xuefang Zhan
- Research Center of Analytical Instrumentation, Analytical & Testing Center, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Yuan B, Shao M, de Gouw J, Parrish DD, Lu S, Wang M, Zeng L, Zhang Q, Song Y, Zhang J, Hu M. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban air: How chemistry affects the interpretation of positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2012jd018236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Zhao W, Dai J, Liu F, Bao J, Wang Y, Yang Y, Yang Y, Zhao D. Photocatalytic oxidation of indoor toluene: process risk analysis and influence of relative humidity, photocatalysts, and VUV irradiation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2012; 438:201-209. [PMID: 23000545 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Revised: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Concentrations of 13 gaseous intermediates in photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) of toluene in indoor air were determined in real-time by proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry and desorption intensities of 7 adsorbed intermediates on the surface of photocatalysts were detected by temperature-programmed desorption-mass spectrometry. Effects of relative humidity (RH), photocatalysts, and vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) irradiation on the distribution and category of the intermediates and health risk influence index (η) were investigated. RH enhances the formation rate of hydroxide radicals, leading to more intermediates with higher oxidation states in gas phase. N doping promotes the separation of photo-generated electrons and holes and enhances PCO activity accordingly. VUV irradiation results in higher mineralization rate and more intermediates with higher oxidation states and lower toxicity e.g. carboxylic acids. Health risk analysis indicates that higher RH, N doping of TiO(2), and VUV lead to "greener" intermediates and smaller η. Finally, a conceptual diagram was proposed to exhibit the scenario of η varied with extent of mineralization for various toxicities of inlet pollutants.
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- Weirong Zhao
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Fischer EV, Jacob DJ, Millet DB, Yantosca RM, Mao J. The role of the ocean in the global atmospheric budget of acetone. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 2012; 39:10.1029/2011gl050086. [PMID: 33758438 PMCID: PMC7983863 DOI: 10.1029/2011gl050086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Acetone is one of the most abundant carbonyl compounds in the atmosphere and it plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry. The role of the ocean in the global atmospheric acetone budget is highly uncertain, with past studies reaching opposite conclusions as to whether the ocean is a source or sink. Here we use a global 3-D chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem) simulation of atmospheric acetone to evaluate the role of air-sea exchange in the global budget. Inclusion of updated (slower) photolysis loss in the model means that a large net ocean source is not needed to explain observed acetone in marine air. We find that a simulation with a fixed seawater acetone concentration of 15 nM based on observations can reproduce the observed global patterns of atmospheric concentrations and air-sea fluxes. The Northern Hemisphere oceans are a net sink for acetone while the tropical oceans are a net source. On a global scale the ocean is in near-equilibrium with the atmosphere. Prescribing an ocean concentration of acetone as a boundary condition in the model assumes that ocean concentrations are controlled by internal production and loss, rather than by air-sea exchange. An implication is that the ocean plays a major role in controlling atmospheric acetone. This hypothesis needs to be tested by better quantification of oceanic acetone sources and sinks.
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- E V Fischer
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Brown SS, Dubé WP, Peischl J, Ryerson TB, Atlas E, Warneke C, de Gouw JA, te Lintel Hekkert S, Brock CA, Flocke F, Trainer M, Parrish DD, Feshenfeld FC, Ravishankara AR. Budgets for nocturnal VOC oxidation by nitrate radicals aloft during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Steven S. Brown
- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; University of Miami; Miami Florida USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
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- National Center for Atmospheric Research; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; University of Colorado at Boulder; Boulder Colorado USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory; NOAA; Boulder Colorado USA
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Smith D, Španěl P. Direct, rapid quantitative analyses of BVOCs using SIFT-MS and PTR-MS obviating sample collection. Trends Analyt Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2011.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The topic of ambient gas analysis has been rapidly developed in the last few years with the evolution of the exciting new techniques such as DESI, DART and EESI. The essential feature of all is that analysis of trace gases can be accomplished either in the gas phase or those released from surfaces, crucially avoiding sample collection or modification. In this regard, selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry, SIFT-MS, also performs ambient analyses both accurately and rapidly. In this focused review we describe the underlying ion chemistry underpinning SIFT-MS through a discourse on the reactions of different classes of organic and inorganic molecules with H(3)O(+), NO(+) and O(2)(+)˙ studied using the SIFT technique. Rate coefficients and ion products of these reactions facilitate absolute SIFT-MS analyses and can also be useful for the interpretation of data obtained by the other ambient analysis methods mentioned above. The essential physics and flow dynamics of SIFT-MS are described that, together with the reaction kinetics, allow SIFT-MS to perform absolute ambient analyses of trace compounds in humid atmospheric air, exhaled breath and the headspace of aqueous liquids. Several areas of research that, through pilot experiments, are seen to benefit from ambient gas analysis using SIFT-MS are briefly reviewed. Special attention is given to exhaled breath and urine headspace analysis directed towards clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring, and some other areas researched using SIFT-MS are summarised. Finally, extensions to current areas of application and indications of other directions in which SIFT-MS can be exploited for ambient analysis are alluded to.
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- David Smith
- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, School of Medicine, Keele University, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Rimetz-Planchon J, Dhooghe F, Schoon N, Vanhaecke F, Amelynck C. Chemical ionization by [NO]+ and subsequent collision-induced dissociation for the selective on-line detection of monoterpenes and linalool. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:647-654. [PMID: 21294204 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Existing on-line Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (CIMS) techniques for quantification of atmospheric trace gases, such as Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs), suffer from difficulty in discriminating between isomeric (and more generally isobaric) compounds. Selective detection of these compounds, however, is important because they can affect atmospheric chemistry in different ways, depending on their chemical structure. In this work, Flowing Afterglow Tandem Mass Spectrometry (FATMS) was used to investigate the feasibility of the selective detection of a series of monoterpenes, an oxygenated monoterpene (linalool) and a sesquiterpene (β-caryophyllene). Ions at m/z 137 from [H(3)O](+) chemical ionization of α-pinene, linalool and β-caryophyllene have been subjected to Collision-Induced Dissociation (CID) with Ar in the collision cell of a tandem mass spectrometer at center-of-mass energies ranging between 0 and 8 eV. Similar fragmentation patterns were obtained, demonstrating that this method is not suited for the selective detection of these compounds. However, CID of the ions at m/z 136 produced via [NO](+) chemical ionization of a series of monoterpenes has revealed promising results. Some tracer-product ions for individual compounds or groups of compounds were found, which can be considered as a step forward towards selective on-line monitoring of BVOCs with CIMS techniques.
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Hopkins JR, Jones CE, Lewis AC. A dual channel gas chromatograph for atmospheric analysis of volatile organic compounds including oxygenated and monoterpene compounds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 13:2268-76. [DOI: 10.1039/c1em10050e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mielke LH, Pratt KA, Shepson PB, McLuckey SA, Wisthaler A, Hansel A. Quantitative Determination of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere Using Proton-Transfer Reaction Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2010; 82:7952-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ac1014244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Levi H. Mielke
- Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Institut für Ionenphysik and Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Institut für Ionenphysik and Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Institut für Ionenphysik and Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Institut für Ionenphysik and Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Institut für Ionenphysik and Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Institut für Ionenphysik and Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Washenfelder RA, Trainer M, Frost GJ, Ryerson TB, Atlas EL, de Gouw JA, Flocke FM, Fried A, Holloway JS, Parrish DD, Peischl J, Richter D, Schauffler SM, Walega JG, Warneke C, Weibring P, Zheng W. Characterization of NOx, SO2, ethene, and propene from industrial emission sources in Houston, Texas. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd013645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Warneke C, de Gouw JA, Del Negro L, Brioude J, McKeen S, Stark H, Kuster WC, Goldan PD, Trainer M, Fehsenfeld FC, Wiedinmyer C, Guenther AB, Hansel A, Wisthaler A, Atlas E, Holloway JS, Ryerson TB, Peischl J, Huey LG, Hanks ATC. Biogenic emission measurement and inventories determination of biogenic emissions in the eastern United States and Texas and comparison with biogenic emission inventories. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1029/2009jd012445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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