Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 41, Issue 28, Pages 6005-6017Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.03.010
Keywords
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); ozonation products; GC/MS analysis; heterogeneous reactivity
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Primary products of the reactions of gas-phase ozone with anthracene and phenanthrene adsorbed on silica model particles have been investigated. Silica was selected as proxy for mineral atmospheric particles. The particles, coated with anthracene or phenanthrene and placed on a filter, were exposed in a reaction cell to a gaseous ozone flow. Ozone concentration was constant ((6.0 +/- 0.6) x 10(13) molecule cm(-3)) during the experiments. Anthracene, phenanthrene and their ozonation products were then extracted by focused microwave-assisted extraction or fluid pressurized extraction and analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Anthraquirione and anthrone on the one hand, and 1, 1'-biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxaldehyde on the other hand were identified as the products of anthracene and phenanthrene, respectively and quantified versus time of ozone exposure. This kinetical approach allowed to show that anthraquinone, anthrone and 1, 1'-biphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxaldehyde are the primary products of the studied reactions, and to determine their formation yields (respectively, 0.42 +/- 0.04, 0.056 +/- 0.005 and 1.0 +/- 0.4). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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