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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 9, Pages 3061-3066Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es8020155
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2008CB417205]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40875074]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [07pj14018]
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An aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer was deployed in August 2007 to characterize the 0.1-2.0 mu m diameter particles in Shanghai to examine nitrate-containing particles. About 39% of the mass spectra of single particles contained nitrate ion peaks. The relative intensity of nitrate signals showed a pronounced diurnal profile, peaking in the late night or early morning during highly polluted days, and is closely correlated with the ambient relative humidity (RH). However, during the sampling days with good air quality, the diurnal pattern of nitrate changed by showing much lower signal intensity of nitrate with irregular variation. Poor correlation between the signals of ammonium and nitrate in the mass spectra excluded the possibility of NH4NO3 as a major form of particulate nitrate, whose formation is favored by high RH and low temperature. The peak intensities of nitrate during the nighttime and high concentrations Of O-3 and NO2 strongly suggest that the heterogeneous reactions of N2O9 and NO3 on the aerosol surface dominated the particulate nitrate formation on polluted days.
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