Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 40, Issue 17, Pages 3030-3040Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.069
Keywords
dicarboxylic acids; ketocarboxylic acids; dicarbonyls; seasonal variations; Hong Kong
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Homologous dicarboxylic acids (C-2-C-12), ketocarboxylic acids (omega C-2-omega C-9, pyruvic acid) and dicarbonyls (glyoxal and methylglyoxal) have been studied in the urban aerosol samples (PM2.5) collected from the Hong Kong roadside atmosphere during winter and summer of 2003 using a capillary GC and GC-MS method. The concentrations of total dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids, and alpha-dicarbonyls were higher in winter than in summer (except for some species like phthalic acid, Ph). Oxalic (C-2) acid was found as the most abundant species in summer, followed by Ph. Oxalic (C-2) acid was also found as the most abundant species in winter, but followed by malonic (C-3) acid. The C-2 diacid comprised 28-66% of the total diacid concentrations. The diacids with higher carbon numbers were less abundant, although C-9 diacid was relatively abundant (2%). Glyoxylic acid (omega C-2) and methylglyoxal were found as the most abundant ketocarboxylic acid and dicarbonyl in both seasons, respectively. The concentrations of the total diacids, total ketoacids and total dicarbonyls ranged from 224 to 1381 ng m(-3), 10 to 89 ng m(-3) and 5 to 21 ng m(-3), respectively. Their relative abundances in PM2.5 mass were 1.18%, 0.06% and 0.02%, respectively. High concentrations of toluene (winter: 33.8 mu g m(-3); summer: 41.3 mu g m(-3)) and naphthalenes (winter: 1.2 mu g m(-3); Summer: 1.9 mu g m(-3)) observed were one possible source for the abundant phthalic and also methylmaleic acids detected. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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