Comparison of dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in aerosol samples collected in Xi'an, China during haze and clean periods

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 443-449

  Cheng, Chunlei ^a   Wang, Gehui ^a,b   Zhou, Bianhong ^c   Meng, Jingjing ^a   Li, Jianjun ^a   Cao, Junji ^a   Xiao, Shun ^a,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BAOJI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^d Shaanxi Provincial Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Dicarboxylic acids; Formation mechanism; Haze; PM10; Secondary organic aerosols

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION OF COAL; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMATION MECHANISM; FORMATION PATHWAYS; HAZE; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS; COAL COMBUSTION; INCINERATION;

DICHLOROACETIC ACID;

CARBON; COAL; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; MALONIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMATION MECHANISM; HAZE; MEGACITY;

ACIDITY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SUMMER; WINTER;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84881517247     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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