Secondary organic aerosol formation from phenolic compounds in the absence of NOx
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Title (Dublin Core)
Secondary organic aerosol formation from phenolic compounds in the absence of NOx
Description (Dublin Core)
SOA formation from benzene, toluene, <i>m</i>-xylene, and their corresponding phenolic compounds were investigated using the UCR/CE-CERT Environmental Chamber to evaluate the importance of phenolic compounds as intermediate species in aromatic SOA formation. SOA formation yield measurements coupled to gas-phase yield measurements indicate that approximately 20% of the SOA of benzene, toluene, and <i>m</i>-xylene could be ascribed to the phenolic route under low NO<sub>x</sub> conditions. The SOA densities tend to be initially as high as approximately 1.8 g cm<sup>−3</sup> and eventually reach the range of 1.3–1.4 g cm<sup>−3</sup>. The final SOA density was found to be independent of elemental ratio (O/C) indicating that applying constant density (e.g., 1.4 g cm<sup>−3</sup>) to SOA formed from different aromatic compounds tested in this study is a reasonable approximation. Results from a novel on-line PILS-TOFMS (Particle-into-Liquid Sampler coupled with Agilent Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer) are reported. Major signals observed by the on-line/off-line Agilent TOFMS indicated that products had the same number of carbon atoms as their parent aromatics, suggesting importance of ring-retaining products or ring-opening products following ring-cleavage.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Nakao, S.
Clark, C.
Tang, P.
Sato, K.
Cocker III, D.
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-01-15
Type (Dublin Core)
Text
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.5194/acp-11-10649-2011
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/11/10649/2011/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1680-7324
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
