Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 167-177Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/EN13016
Keywords
aerosol water content; toluene; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene
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- National Science Foundation [ATM-0852747]
- [N61331-11-1-G001]
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Dual, large (52 m(3)), outdoor chambers were used to investigate the effect of aerosol aqueous phase chemistry on the secondary organic aerosol (SOA) yields of the photooxidation products of aromatic hydrocarbons in the coastal environment. Toluene and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene were photochemically oxidised in the presence and absence of inorganic seeds (sea salt aerosol (SSA) or NaCl) at low NOx conditions. Overall, the presence of SSA, which was shown to contain water even at low relative humidities (RHs), led to higher SOA yields than the presence of NaCl seeds and the seedless condition. The results suggest that SOA yields in the coastal environment will be higher than those produced in terrestrial environment. To study the effect of SOA formation on the chemical composition of SSA, inorganic species were measured using a particle-into-liquid-sampler coupled to an ion chromatograph. The hygroscopic properties of the SSA internally mixed with SOA were analysed using a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer. The fresh SSA shows a weak phase transition whereas no clear phase transition appeared in the aged SSA. The depletion of Cl- due to the accommodation of nitric acid and carboxylic acids on the surface of SSA coincides with changes in aerosol hygroscopic properties.
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