Influence of Ozone and Radical Chemistry on Limonene Organic Aerosol Production and Thermal Characteristics
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2012

Limonene has a strong tendency to form secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in the atmosphere and in indoor environments. Initial oxidation occurs mainly via ozone or OH radical chemistry. We studied the effect of O3 concentrations with or without a OH radical scavenger (2-butanol) on the SOA mass and thermal characteristics using the Gothenburg Flow Reactor for Oxidation Studies at Low Temperatures and a volatility tandem differential mobility analyzer. The SOA mass using 15 ppb limonene was strongly dependent on O3 concentrations and the presence of a scavenger. The SOA volatility in the presence of a scavenger decreased with increasing levels of O3, whereas without a scavenger, there was no significant change. A chemical kinetic model was developed to simulate the observations using vapor pressure estimates for compounds that potentially contributed to SOA. The model showed that the product distribution was affected by changes in both OH and ozone concentrations, which partly explained the observed changes in volatility, but was strongly dependent on accurate vapor pressure estimation methods. The model–experiment comparison indicated a need to consider organic peroxides as important SOA constituents. The experimental findings could be explained by secondary condensed-phase ozone chemistry, which competes with OH radicals for the oxidation of primary unsaturated products.

Författare

Ravi Kant Pathak

Göteborgs universitet

Kent Salo

Göteborgs universitet

Eva U. Emanuelsson

Göteborgs universitet

Cilan Cai

Göteborgs universitet

Anna Lutz

Göteborgs universitet

Åsa M. Hallquist

Göteborgs universitet

Mattias Hallquist

Göteborgs universitet

Environmental Science & Technology

0013-936X (ISSN) 1520-5851 (eISSN)

Vol. 46 21 11660-11669

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

Analytisk kemi

Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap

Kemi

Miljövetenskap

Klimatforskning

Organisk kemi

DOI

10.1021/es301750r

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2017-10-10