Journal
ACS EARTH AND SPACE CHEMISTRY
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 1574-1580Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00064
Keywords
brown carbon; biomass burning; impinger; black carbon; fluorescence imaging
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality [8222074]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81961138011]
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This study investigated the application of an impinger for brown carbon (BrC) collection during biomass burning (BB) experiments. The results showed that BrC samples collected by the impinger method had similar properties to those collected by the quartz filter method, and the impinger was effective in concentrating methanol-insoluble substances from the smoke plume.
Biomass burning (BB) is a primary source of brown carbon (BrC) in the atmosphere. In the present work, for the first time, the application of an impinger for BrC collection was investigated by conducting BB in a home-built setup. UV-vis, fluorescence, and IR measurements indicated that BrC samples collected by the impinger method have the same properties as those collected by the quartz filter method. In addition to exhibiting good BrC collection performance, the impinger was proven to be effective in concentrating methanol-insoluble substances from the smoke plume. Although elemental analysis and IR spectroscopy revealed that the insoluble substances were mainly composed of plant fibers, the fluorescence emission results showed the presence of BrC, and STEM analysis revealed that BrC was characterized by particles strung on wire-like plant fibers.
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