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ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
卷 41, 期 31, 页码 6648-6661出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.014
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PM2.5; size distributions; oxalic acid; malonic acid; succinic acid
The concentrations and size distributions of low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids in suburban particulate matter collected in early and mid-autumn 2002 and early and mid-summer 2003 in Tainan, Taiwan, were analyzed. PM2.5 contained, on average, 449.3 ng m(-3) oxalic acid, 53.0 ng m-3 malic acid, 45.5 ng m-3 maleic acid, 29.6 ng m-3 succinic acid, 20.8 ng m(-3) malonic acid, and 11.6 ng m(-3) tartaric acid. Bar tartaric acid, concentrations were higher during the day, indicating that these acids are photochemical products. Furthermore, the malonic acid-succinic acid ratio of 0.79 during daytime and 0.60 during nighttime demonstrates that more succinic acid is converted to malonic acid during daytime, and that aerosol dicarboxylie acids predominantly originate from photochemical oxidation during daytime. The concentration peak of oxalic acid occurred in the condensation and droplet modes (0.32-1.0 mu m), as did that of sulfate. In early summer, succinic acid, malonic acid, and oxalic acid major concentration peaks occurred at 0.32-0.54 mu m, indicative of the relationship created by photochemical decomposition of succinc acid into malonic acid into oxalic acid. This photochemical decomposition accelerated in mid-summer such that most concentration peaks for succinic and malonic acids also occurred at 0.32-1.0 mu m. Mid-summer is also the wettest period of the four in Tainan, with 85% RH. As a result of hygroscopic reactions in mid-summer, malonic acid and oxalic acid major concentration peaks shifted from 0.32-0.54 mu m or 0.54-1.0 mu m to 1.0-1.8 mu m, thus extending the range in which these species were found to larger particle sizes, and this shift was highly correlated with a shift in succinic acid size distribution. This latter observation offers additional evidence that succinic acid is photochemically decomposed into malonic acid and oxalic acid and that the presence of malonic and oxalic acids in the wet mid-summer atmosphere is made more obvious via hygroscopic growth. Close correlation between succinic acid and Na+ and succinic acid and NO3- in the coarse mode is related to sea spray. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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