| Title: | "Secondary Organic Aerosols from Aromatic Hydrocarbons and their Contribution to Fine Particulate Matter in Atlanta, Georgia" |
| Author(s): | Al-Naiema IM; Offenberg JH; Madler CJ; Lewandowski M; Kettler J; Fang T; Stone EA; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. National Exposure Research Laboratory, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117227 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1352-2310 (Print) 1352-2310 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Tracers of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) from thirteen aromatic hydrocarbons were quantified in laboratory smog chamber experiments. Class-specific SOA tracers emerged, including 2,3-dihydroxy-4-oxo-pentatonic acid (DHOPA) from monoaromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalic acid from naphthalene and 1-methylnaphthalene, and methyl-nitrocatechol isomers from o,m,p-cresol oxidation. Organic carbon mass fractions (f(SOC)) for these and other tracers were determined and extend the SOA tracer method widely used to apportion biogenic SOC. The extended SOA tracer model was applied to evaluate the sources of SOC in Atlanta, GA during summer 2015 and winter 2016 after modifying the chamber-derived f(SOC) values to reflect SOA yields and local VOC levels (f(SOC)'). Monoaromatic, diaromatic, and cresol SOC contributed an average of 24%, 8%, and 0.12% of organic carbon (OC) mass during summer and 17%, 5%, and 0.27% during winter, respectively. Cresol SOC peaked during winter and was highly correlated with levoglucosan (r=0.83, p<0.001), consistent with it originating from biomass burning. Together, aromatic, biogenic, and biomass burning derived SOC accounted for an average of 77% and 28% of OC in summer and winter, respectively. The new understanding of SOA composition from aromatic VOCs advances the tracer-based method by including important precursors of SOC and enables a better understanding of the sources of atmospheric aerosol" |
| Keywords: | chemistry nitroaromatics particulate matter source apportionment tracer; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEAl-Naiema, Ibrahim M Offenberg, John H Madler, Carter J Lewandowski, Michael Kettler, Josh Fang, Ting Stone, Elizabeth A eng EPA999999/ImEPA/Intramural EPA/ P30 ES005605/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ England 2021/01/12 Atmos Environ (1994). 2020 Feb 15; 223:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117227. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117227" |
