Dependence of SOA oxidation on organic aerosol mass concentration and OH exposure: experimental PAM chamber studies

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作者
Kang, E. [1 ]
Toohey, D. W. [2 ]
Brune, W. H. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Meteorol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Dept Atmospher & Ocean Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[3] Korea Univ, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Seoul 136701, South Korea
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; SECONDARY; SPECTROMETER; PHOTOOXIDATION; EVOLUTION; GAP;
D O I
10.5194/acp-11-1837-2011
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The oxidation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is studied with mass spectra analysis of SOA formed in a Potential Aerosol Mass (PAM) chamber, a small flow-through photo-oxidation chamber with extremely high OH and ozone levels. The OH exposure from a few minutes in the PAM chamber is similar to that from days to weeks in the atmosphere. The mass spectra were measured with a Quadrupole Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS) for SOA formed from oxidation of alpha-pinene, m-xylene, p-xylene, and a mixture of the three. The organic mass fractions of m/z 44 (CO2+) and m/z 43 (mainly C2H3O+), named f(44) and f(43) respectively, are used as indicators of the degree of organic aerosol (OA) oxidation that occurs as the OA mass concentration or the OH exposure are varied. The degree of oxidation is sensitive to both. For a fixed OH exposure, the degree of oxidation initially decreases rapidly and then more slowly as the OA mass concentration increases. For fixed initial precursor VOC amounts, the degree of oxidation increases linearly with OH exposure, with f(44) increasing and f(43) decreasing. In this study, the degree of SOA oxidation spans much of the range observed in the atmosphere. These results, while sensitive to the determination of f(44) and f(43), provide evidence that some characteristics of atmospheric OA oxidation can be generated in a PAM chamber. For all measurements in this study, the sum of f(44) and f(43) is 0.25 +/- 0.03, so that the slope of a linear regression is approximately -1 on an f(44) vs. f(43) plot. This constancy of the sum suggests that these ions are complete proxies for organic mass in the OA studied.
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页码:1837 / 1852
页数:16
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