Field observation on secondary organic aerosols during Asian dust storm periods: Formation mechanism of oxalic acid and related compounds on dust surface | |
Wang, Gehui1,2,3; Cheng, Chunlei1,2,4; Meng, Jingjing1,2; Huang, Yao1,2,4; Li, Jianjun1,2; Ren, Yanqin1,2,4 | |
2015-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT |
ISSN | 1352-2310 |
卷号 | 113页码:169-176 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | Chemical evolution of East Asian dust during transpacific transport has been given much attention for inorganic species such as sulfate, nitrate and ammonium. However, the role of organic species during the transport has almost entirely been ignored. To understand the formation mechanism of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) on dust surfaces, this study investigated the concentrations and compositions of dicarboxylic acids, keto-carboxylic acids, alpha-dicarbonyls and inorganic ions in size-segregated aerosols (9-stages) collected in Xi'an, central China during the two dust storm episodes in the springs of 2009 and 2011 and compared with those in nondust storm periods. During the events the ambient particulate dicarboxylic acids were 932-2240 ng m(-3), which are comparable and even higher than those in nondust periods. Molecular compositions of the above SOA are similar to those in nondust periods with oxalic acid being the leading species. In the presence of the dust storms, all the above mentioned SOA species in Xi'an were predominantly enriched on the coarse particles (>2.1 mu m), and oxalic acid well correlated with NO3- (R-2 = 0.72, p < 0.001) rather than SO42-. This phenomenon differs greatly from the SOA in any other nondust period that is usually characterized by an enrichment of oxalic acid in fine mode and a strong correlation of oxalic acid with SO42-. We propose a formation pathway to explain these observations, in which nitric acid and/or nitrogen oxides react with dust to produce Ca(NO3)(2) and form a liquid phase on the surface of dust aerosols via water vapor-absorption of Ca(NO3)(2), followed by a partitioning of the gas-phase water-soluble organic precursors (e.g.,glyoxal and methylglyoxal) into the aqueous-phase and a subsequent oxidation into oxalic acid. To the best of our knowledge, we found for the first time the enrichment of glyoxal and methylglyoxal on dust surface. Our data suggest an important role of nitrate in the heterogeneous formation process of SOA on the surface of dust. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Dicarboxylic Acid Carbonyls Nitrate Sulfate Size Distribution Aqueous-phase Oxidation |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine ; Physical Sciences |
DOI | 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.013 |
关键词[WOS] | Long-range Transport ; Gaseous Nitric-acid ; Dicarboxylic-acids ; Mineral Dust ; Inland China ; Intex-b ; Heterogeneous Reactivity ; Atmospheric Particles ; Isotopic Compositions ; Ketocarboxylic Acids |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000356547400019 |
出版者 | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/9300 |
专题 | 粉尘与环境研究室 |
通讯作者 | Wang, Gehui |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Aerosol Chem & Phys, Inst Earth Environm, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 3.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Human Settlement & Civil Engn, Xian 710049, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 10049, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Gehui,Cheng, Chunlei,Meng, Jingjing,et al. Field observation on secondary organic aerosols during Asian dust storm periods: Formation mechanism of oxalic acid and related compounds on dust surface[J]. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT,2015,113:169-176. |
APA | Wang, Gehui,Cheng, Chunlei,Meng, Jingjing,Huang, Yao,Li, Jianjun,&Ren, Yanqin.(2015).Field observation on secondary organic aerosols during Asian dust storm periods: Formation mechanism of oxalic acid and related compounds on dust surface.ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT,113,169-176. |
MLA | Wang, Gehui,et al."Field observation on secondary organic aerosols during Asian dust storm periods: Formation mechanism of oxalic acid and related compounds on dust surface".ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT 113(2015):169-176. |
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