Ammonium addition (and Aerosol pH) has a dramatic impact on the volatility and yield of glyoxal secondary organic aerosol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 255-262

  Ortiz Montalvo, Diana L ^a   Häkkinen, Silja A K ^b,c   Schwier, Allison N ^b   Lim, Yong B ^a   McNeill, V Faye ^b   Turpin, Barbara J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IONIZATION OF GASES; MIXTURES; OXALIC ACID; PH; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; VAPORS;

AMMONIUM ADDITION; AQUEOUS CHEMISTRY; DROPLET EVAPORATION; ENTHALPY OF VAPORIZATION; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; HYDROXYL RADICAL OXIDATIONS; KINETIC MODELING; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; AMMONIUM OXALATE; GLYOXAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMMONIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; EVAPORATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PH; SAMPLING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; EVAPORATION; OXIDATION; PH; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; VOLATILIZATION;

AEROSOLS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GLYOXAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 84891802470     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4035667     Document Type: Article

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