Transitions from functionalization to fragmentation reactions of laboratory Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) generated from the OH oxidation of alkane precursors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5430-5437

  Lambe, Andrew T ^a,b   Onasch, Timothy B ^a,b   Croasdale, David R ^a   Wright, Justin P ^a   Martin, Alexander T ^a   Franklin, Jonathan P ^b   Massoli, Paola ^b   Kroll, Jesse H ^c   Canagaratna, Manjula R ^b   Brune, William H ^d   Worsnop, Douglas R ^b   Davidovits, Paul ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MASS; CARBON CONTENT; CARBON LOSS; FLOW REACTORS; FRAGMENTATION REACTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOUISIANA; N-DECANE; OXYGEN ADDITION; OXYGEN CONTENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; YIELD CURVE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; CRUDE OIL; DIESEL FUELS; HYDROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; CARBON; DECANE; DIESEL FUEL; HEPTADECANE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PENTADECANE; PETROLEUM; TRICYCLO[5 2 1 02 6]DECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ALKANE; CARBON; CRUDE OIL; FRAGMENTATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROXIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; OXIDATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VAPOR;

AEROSOLS; ALKANES; CARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LABORATORIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEXICO; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; TIME FACTORS;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861116560     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300274t     Document Type: Article

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