Influence of aerosol acidity on the chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol from β-caryophyllene
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Title (Dublin Core)
Influence of aerosol acidity on the chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol from β-caryophyllene
Description (Dublin Core)
The secondary organic aerosol (SOA) yield of β-caryophyllene photooxidation is enhanced by aerosol acidity. In the present study, the influence of aerosol acidity on the chemical composition of β-caryophyllene SOA is investigated using ultra performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/ESI-TOFMS). A number of first-, second- and higher-generation gas-phase products having carbonyl and carboxylic acid functional groups are detected in the particle phase. Particle-phase reaction products formed via hydration and organosulfate formation processes are also detected. Increased acidity leads to different effects on the abundance of individual products; significantly, abundances of organosulfates are correlated with aerosol acidity. To our knowledge, this is the first detection of organosulfates and nitrated organosulfates derived from a sesquiterpene. The increase of certain particle-phase reaction products with increased acidity provides chemical evidence to support the acid-enhanced SOA yields. Based on the agreement between the chromatographic retention times and accurate mass measurements of chamber and field samples, three β-caryophyllene products (i.e., β-nocaryophyllon aldehyde, β-hydroxynocaryophyllon aldehyde, and β-dihydroxynocaryophyllon aldehyde) are suggested as chemical tracers for β-caryophyllene SOA. These compounds are detected in both day and night ambient samples collected in downtown Atlanta, GA and rural Yorkville, GA during the 2008 August Mini-Intensive Gas and Aerosol Study (AMIGAS).
Creator (Dublin Core)
Chan, M. N.
Surratt, J. D.
Chan, A. W. H.
Schilling, K.
Offenberg, J. H.
Lewandowski, M.
Edney, E. O.
Kleindienst, T. E.
Jaoui, M.
Edgerton, E. S.
Tanner, R. L.
Shaw, S. L.
Zheng, M.
Knipping, E. M.
Seinfeld, J. H.
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-01-15
Type (Dublin Core)
Text
Format (Dublin Core)
application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.5194/acp-11-1735-2011
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/11/1735/2011/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1680-7324
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
