Phase partitioning and volatility of secondary organic aerosol components formed from α-pinene ozonolysis and OH oxidation: The importance of accretion products and other low volatility compounds

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 7765-7776

  Lopez Hilfiker, F D ^a   Mohr, C ^a,f   Ehn, M ^b,c   Rubach, F ^c   Kleist, E ^c   Wildt, J ^c   Mentel, T F ^c   Carrasquillo, A J ^d   Daumit, K E ^d   Hunter, J F ^d   Kroll, J H ^d   Worsnop, D R ^b,e   Thornton, J A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^e AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITIONING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 84937124264     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7765-2015     Document Type: Article

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