Single-particle speciation of alkylamines in ambient aerosol at five European sites

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 407, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 5899-5909

  Healy, Robert M ^a,b   Evans, Greg J ^a   Murphy, Michael ^a   Sierau, Berko ^c   Arndt, Jovanna ^b   McGillicuddy, Eoin ^b   O'Connor, Ian P ^b   Sodeau, John R ^b   Wenger, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Agriculture; Organic compounds; Particulates; Speciation; Trace organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMINATION; LOCATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

AEROSOL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; METHANESULPHONIC ACID; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PARTICULATES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIATION; TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOLS;

ANIMALIA;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; DIETHYLAMINE; DIMETHYLAMINE; ETHYLAMINE; METHYLAMINE; PROPYLAMINE; SULFATE; TRIETHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE; TRIPROPYLAMINE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DIETHYLAMINES; DIMETHYLAMINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLAMINES; EUROPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLAMINES; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPYLAMINES; SEASONS; SULFATES;

EID: 84938371496     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8092-1     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Ge X, Wexler AS, Clegg SL (2011) Atmospheric amines - part I. A review. Atmos Environ 45(3):524-546. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.012
2. Murphy SM, Sorooshian A, Kroll JH, Ng NL, Chhabra P, Tong C, Surratt JD, Knipping E, Flagan RC, Seinfeld JH (2007) Secondary aerosol formation from atmospheric reactions of aliphatic amines. Atmos Chem Phys 7(9):2313-2337
3. Silva PJ, Erupe ME, Price D, Elias J, Malloy QG, Li Q, Warren B, Cocker DR (2008) Trimethylamine as precursor to secondary organic aerosol formation via nitrate radical reaction in the atmosphere. Environ Sci Technol 42(13):4689-4696. doi: 10.1021/es703016v
4. Sellegri K, Hanke M, Umann B, Arnold F, Kulmala M (2005) Measurements of organic gases during aerosol formation events in the boreal forest atmosphere during QUEST. Atmos Chem Phys 5(2):373-384. doi: 10.5194/acp-5-373-2005
5. Pratt KA, Hatch LE, Prather KA (2009) Seasonal volatility dependence of ambient particle phase amines. Environ Sci Technol 43(14):5276-5281. doi: 10.1021/es803189n
6. Ge X, Wexler AS, Clegg SL (2011) Atmospheric amines - part II. Thermodynamic properties and gas/particle partitioning. Atmos Environ 45(3):561-577
7. Schade G, Crutzen P (1995) Emission of aliphatic amines from animal husbandry and their reactions: potential source of N2O and HCN. J Atmos Chem 22(3):319-346. doi: 10.1007/BF00696641
8. Dentener F, Crutzen P (1994) A three-dimensional model of the global ammonia cycle. J Atmos Chem 19(4):331-369. doi: 10.1007/BF00694492
9. Bzdek BR, Ridge DP, Johnston MV (2011) Amine reactivity with charged sulfuric acid clusters. Atmos Chem Phys 11(16):8735-8743. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-8735-2011
10. Bzdek BR, Ridge DP, Johnston MV (2010) Amine exchange into ammonium bisulfate and ammonium nitrate nuclei. Atmos Chem Phys 10(8):3495-3503. doi: 10.5194/acp-10-3495-2010
11. Erupe ME, Viggiano AA, Lee SH (2011) The effect of trimethylamine on atmospheric nucleation involving H2SO4. Atmos Chem Phys 11(10):4767-4775. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-4767-2011
12. Smith JN, Barsanti KC, Friedli HR, Ehn M, Kulmala M, Collins DR, Scheckman JH, Williams BJ, McMurry PH (2010) Observations of aminium salts in atmospheric nanoparticles and possible climatic implications. Proc Natl Acad Sci 107(15):6634-6639. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0912127107
13. Sullivan AP, Weber RJ (2006) Chemical characterization of the ambient organic aerosol soluble in water: 2. Isolation of acid, neutral, and basic fractions by modified size-exclusion chromatography. J Geophys Res Atmos 111(D5):D05315. doi: 10.1029/2005JD006486
14. Gorzelska K, Talbot RW, Klemm K, Lefer B, Klemm O, Gregory GL, Anderson B, Barrie LA (1994) Chemical composition of the atmospheric aerosol in the troposphere over the Hudson Bay lowlands and Quebec-Labrador regions of Canada. J Geophys Res Atmos 99(D1):1763-1779. doi: 10.1029/93JD02090
15. Yang H, Yu JZ, Ho SSH, Xu J, Wu W-S, Wan CH, Wang X, Wang X, Wang L (2005) The chemical composition of inorganic and carbonaceous materials in PM2.5 in Nanjing, China. Atmos Environ 39(20):3735-3749. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.03.010
16. Huang RJ, Li WB, Wang YR, Wang QY, Ho KF, Cao JJ, Wang GH, Chen X, Haddad IE, Zhuang ZX, Wang XR, Prévôt ASH, O'Dowd CD, Hoffmann T (2014) Determination of alkyl amines in atmospheric aerosol particles: a comparison of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and ion chromatography approaches. Atmos Meas Tech Discuss 7(3):2127-2152. doi: 10.5194/amtd-7-2127-2014
17. Namieśnik J, Jastrzȩbska A, Zygmunt B (2003) Determination of volatile aliphatic amines in air by solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. J Chromatogr A 1016(1):1-9. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9673(03)01296-2
18. Chang I-H, Lee C-G, Lee DS (2003) Development of an automated method for simultaneous determination of low molecular weight aliphatic amines and ammonia in ambient air by diffusion scrubber coupled to ion chromatography. Anal Chem 75(22):6141-6146. doi: 10.1021/ac0347314
19. Facchini MC, Decesari S, Rinaldi M, Carbone C, Finessi E, Mircea M, Fuzzi S, Moretti F, Tagliavini E, Ceburnis D, O'Dowd CD (2008) Important source of marine secondary organic aerosol from biogenic amines. Environ Sci Technol 42(24):9116-9121. doi: 10.1021/es8018385
20. VandenBoer TC, Petroff A, Markovic MZ, Murphy JG (2011) Size distribution of alkyl amines in continental particulate matter and their online detection in the gas and particle phase. Atmos Chem Phys 11(9):4319-4332. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-4319-2011
21. Aiken AC, Salcedo D, Cubison MJ, Huffman JA, DeCarlo PF, Ulbrich IM, Docherty KS, Sueper D, Kimmel JR, Worsnop DR, Trimborn A, Northway M, Stone EA, Schauer JJ, Volkamer RM, Fortner E, de Foy B, Wang J, Laskin A, Shutthanandan V, Zheng J, Zhang R, Gaffney J, Marley NA, Paredes-Miranda G, Arnott WP, Molina LT, Sosa G, Jimenez JL (2009) Mexico City aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0) - part 1: fine particle composition and organic source apportionment. Atmos Chem Phys 9(17):6633-6653
22. Allan JD, Alfarra MR, Bower KN, Coe H, Jayne JT, Worsnop DR, Aalto PP, Kulmala M, Hyötyläinen T, Cavalli F, Laaksonen A (2006) Size and composition measurements of background aerosol and new particle growth in a Finnish forest during QUEST 2 using an aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer. Atmos Chem Phys 6(2):315-327. doi: 10.5194/acp-6-315-2006
23. Hildebrandt L, Kostenidou E, Lanz VA, Prevot ASH, Baltensperger U, Mihalopoulos N, Laaksonen A, Donahue NM, Pandis SN (2011) Sources and atmospheric processing of organic aerosol in the Mediterranean: insights from aerosol mass spectrometer factor analysis. Atmos Chem Phys 11(23):12499-12515. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-12499-2011
24. Dall'Osto M, Ceburnis D, Monahan C, Worsnop DR, Bialek J, Kulmala M, Kurtén T, Ehn M, Wenger J, Sodeau J, Healy R, O'Dowd C (2012) Nitrogenated and aliphatic organic vapors as possible drivers for marine secondary organic aerosol growth. J Geophys Res 117(D12), D12311. doi: 10.1029/2012jd017522
25. McGuire ML, Chang RYW, Slowik JG, Jeong CH, Healy RM, Lu G, Mihele C, Abbatt JPD, Brook JR, Evans GJ (2014) Enhancing non-refractory aerosol apportionment from an urban industrial site through receptor modelling of complete high time-resolution aerosol mass spectra. Atmos Chem Phys Discuss 14(4):5081-5145. doi: 10.5194/acpd-14-5081-2014
26. Angelino S, Suess DT, Prather KA (2001) Formation of aerosol particles from reactions of secondary and tertiary alkylamines: characterization by aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Environ Sci Technol 35(15):3130-3138. doi: 10.1021/es0015444
27. Denkenberger KA, Moffet RC, Holecek JC, Rebotier TP, Prather KA (2007) Real-time, single-particle measurements of oligomers in aged ambient aerosol particles. Environ Sci Technol 41(15):5439-5446. doi: 10.1021/es070329l
28. Qin X, Pratt KA, Shields LG, Toner SM, Prather KA (2012) Seasonal comparisons of single-particle chemical mixing state in Riverside, CA. Atmos Environ 59:587-596. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.032
29. Gaston CJ, Quinn PK, Bates TS, Gilman JB, Bon DM, Kuster WC, Prather KA (2013) The impact of shipping, agricultural, and urban emissions on single particle chemistry observed aboard the R/V Atlantis during CalNex. J Geophys Res Atmos 118(10):5003-5017. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50427
30. Tan PV, Evans GJ, Tsai J, Owega S, Fila MS, Malpica O, Brook JR (2002) On-line analysis of urban particulate matter focusing on elevated wintertime aerosol concentrations. Environ Sci Technol 36(16):3512-3518. doi: 10.1021/es011448i
31. Rehbein PJG, Jeong C-H, McGuire ML, Yao X, Corbin JC, Evans GJ (2011) Cloud and fog processing enhanced gas-to-particle partitioning of trimethylamine. Environ Sci Technol 45(10):4346-4352. doi: 10.1021/es1042113
32. McGuire ML, Jeong CH, Slowik JG, Chang RYW, Corbin JC, Lu G, Mihele C, Rehbein PJG, Sills DML, Abbatt JPD, Brook JR, Evans GJ (2011) Elucidating determinants of aerosol composition through particle-type-based receptor modeling. Atmos Chem Phys 11(15):8133-8155. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-8133-2011
33. Huang Y, Chen H, Wang L, Yang X, Chen J (2012) Single particle analysis of amines in ambient aerosol in Shanghai. Environ Chem 9(3):202-210. doi: 10.1071/EN11145
34. Zhang G, Bi X, Chan LY, Li L, Wang X, Feng J, Sheng G, Fu J, Li M, Zhou Z (2012) Enhanced trimethylamine-containing particles during fog events detected by single particle aerosol mass spectrometry in urban Guangzhou, China. Atmos Environ 55:121-126. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.038
35. Moffet RC, de Foy B, Molina LT, Molina MJ, Prather KA (2008) Measurement of ambient aerosols in northern Mexico City by single particle mass spectrometry. Atmos Chem Phys 8(16):4499-4516
36. Healy RM, Hellebust S, Kourtchev I, Allanic A, O'Connor IP, Bell JM, Healy DA, Sodeau JR, Wenger JC (2010) Source apportionment of PM2.5 in Cork Harbour, Ireland using a combination of single particle mass spectrometry and quantitative semi-continuous measurements. Atmos Chem Phys 10(19):9593-9613. doi: 10.5194/acp-10-9593-2010
37. Dall'Osto M, Ovadnevaite J, Ceburnis D, Martin D, Healy RM, O'Connor IP, Kourtchev I, Sodeau JR, Wenger JC, O'Dowd C (2013) Characterization of urban aerosol in Cork city (Ireland) using aerosol mass spectrometry. Atmos Chem Phys 13(9):4997-5015. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-4997-2013
38. Mohr C, Richter R, DeCarlo PF, Prévôt ASH, Baltensperger U (2011) Spatial variation of chemical composition and sources of submicron aerosol in Zurich during wintertime using mobile aerosol mass spectrometer data. Atmos Chem Phys 11(15):7465-7482. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-7465-2011
39. Healy RM, Sciare J, Poulain L, Kamili K, Merkel M, Müller T, Wiedensohler A, Eckhardt S, Stohl A, Sarda-Estève R, McGillicuddy E, O'Connor IP, Sodeau JR, Wenger JC (2012) Sources and mixing state of size-resolved elemental carbon particles in a European megacity: Paris. Atmos Chem Phys 12(4):1681-1700. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-1681-2012
40. Healy RM, Sciare J, Poulain L, Crippa M, Wiedensohler A, Prévôt ASH, Baltensperger U, Sarda-Estève R, McGuire ML, Jeong CH, McGillicuddy E, O'Connor IP, Sodeau JR, Evans GJ, Wenger JC (2013) Quantitative determination of carbonaceous particle mixing state in Paris using single-particle mass spectrometer and aerosol mass spectrometer measurements. Atmos Chem Phys 13(18):9479-9496. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-9479-2013
41. Alleman LY, Lamaison L, Perdrix E, Robache A, Galloo J-C (2010) PM10 metal concentrations and source identification using positive matrix factorization and wind sectoring in a French industrial zone. Atmos Res 96(4):612-625. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.02.008
42. Mbengue S, Alleman LY, Flament P (2014) Size-distributed metallic elements in submicronic and ultrafine atmospheric particles from urban and industrial areas in northern France. Atmos Res 135-136:35-47. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.08.010
43. Gard E, Mayer JE, Morrical BD, Dienes T, Fergenson DP, Prather KA (1997) Real-time analysis of individual atmospheric aerosol particles: design and performance of a portable ATOFMS. Anal Chem 69(20):4083-4091. doi: 10.1021/ac970540n
44. Su Y, Sipin MF, Furutani H, Prather KA (2004) Development and characterization of an aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer with increased detection efficiency. Anal Chem 76(3):712-719. doi: 10.1021/ac034797z
45. Reilly PTA, Lazar AC, Gieray RA, Whitten WB, Ramsey JM (2000) The elucidation of charge-transfer-induced matrix effects in environmental aerosols via real-time aerosol mass spectral analysis of individual airborne particles. Aerosol Sci Technol 33(1-2):135-152. doi: 10.1080/027868200410895
46. Jeong CH, McGuire ML, Godri KJ, Slowik JG, Rehbein PJG, Evans GJ (2011) Quantification of aerosol chemical composition using continuous single particle measurements. Atmos Chem Phys 11(14):7027-7044
47. Ferge T, Karg E, Schröppel A, Coffee KR, Tobias HJ, Frank M, Gard EE, Zimmermann R (2006) Fast determination of the relative elemental and organic carbon content of aerosol samples by on-line single-particle aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Environ Sci Technol 40(10):3327-3335. doi: 10.1021/es050799k
48. Gross DS, Atlas R, Rzeszotarski J, Turetsky E, Christensen J, Benzaid S, Olsen J, Smith T, Steinberg L, Sulman J, Ritz A, Anderson B, Nelson C, Musicant DR, Chen L, Snyder DC, Schauer JJ (2010) Environmental chemistry through intelligent atmospheric data analysis. Environ Model Softw 25:760-769. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.12.001
49. MacQueen J (1967) Some methods for classification and analysis of multivariate observations. Fifth Berkeley Symposium on Mathematical Statistics and Probability
50. Aue DH, Webb HM, Bowers MT (1976) Quantitative proton affinities, ionization potentials, and hydrogen affinities of alkylamines. J Am Chem Soc 98(2):311-317. doi: 10.1021/ja00418a001
51. Pratt KA, Prather KA (2009) Real-time, single-particle volatility, size, and chemical composition measurements of aged urban aerosols. Environ Sci Technol 43(21):8276-8282. doi: 10.1021/es902002t
52. Zauscher MD, Wang Y, Moore MJK, Gaston CJ, Prather KA (2013) Air quality impact and physicochemical aging of biomass burning aerosols during the 2007 San Diego wildfires. Environ Sci Technol 47(14):7633-7643. doi: 10.1021/es4004137
53. Ábalos M, Bayona JM, Ventura F (1999) Development of a solid-phase microextraction GC-NPD procedure for the determination of free volatile amines in wastewater and sewage-polluted waters. Anal Chem 71(16):3531-3537. doi: 10.1021/ac990197h
54. Gaston CJ, Pratt KA, Qin X, Prather KA (2010) Real-time detection and mixing state of methanesulfonate in single particles at an inland urban location during a phytoplankton bloom. Environ Sci Technol 44(5):1566-1572. doi: 10.1021/es902069d
55. Crippa M, DeCarlo PF, Slowik JG, Mohr C, Heringa MF, Chirico R, Poulain L, Freutel F, Sciare J, Cozic J, Di Marco CF, Elsasser M, José N, Marchand N, Abidi E, Wiedensohler A, Drewnick F, Schneider J, Borrmann S, Nemitz E, Zimmermann R, Jaffrezo JL, Prévôt ASH, Baltensperger U (2013) Wintertime aerosol chemical composition and source apportionment of the organic fraction in the metropolitan area of Paris. Atmos Chem Phys 13(2):961-981. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-961-981
56. Skyllakou K, Murphy BN, Megaritis AG, Fountoukis C, Pandis SN (2014) Contributions of local and regional sources to fine PM in the megacity of Paris. Atmos Chem Phys 14(5):2343-2352. doi: 10.5194/acp-14-2343-2014
57. Bressi M, Sciare J, Ghersi V, Bonnaire N, Nicolas JB, Petit JE, Moukhtar S, Rosso A, Mihalopoulos N, Féron A (2013) A one-year comprehensive chemical characterisation of fine aerosol (PM2.5) at urban, suburban and rural background sites in the region of Paris (France). Atmos Chem Phys 13(15):7825-7844. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-7825-2013
58. Whiteaker JR, Prather KA (2003) Hydroxymethanesulfonate as a tracer for fog processing of individual aerosol particles. Atmos Environ 37(8):1033-1043
59. Van Neste A, Duce RA, Lee C (1987) Methylamines in the marine atmosphere. Geophys Res Lett 14(7):711-714. doi: 10.1029/GL014i007p00711
60. Gibb SW, Mantoura RFC, Liss PS (1999) Ocean-atmosphere exchange and atmospheric speciation of ammonia and methylamines in the region of the NW Arabian Sea. Glob Biogeochem Cycles 13(1):161-178. doi: 10.1029/98GB00743
61. Van Langenhove HR, Van Wassenhove FA, Coppin JK, Van Acker MR, Schamp NM (1982) Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry identification of organic volatiles contributing to rendering odors. Environ Sci Technol 16(12):883-886. doi: 10.1021/es00106a012
62. Tsai C-J, Chen M-L, Ye A-D, Chou M-S, Shen S-H, Mao IF (2008) The relationship of odor concentration and the critical components emitted from food waste composting plants. Atmos Environ 42(35):8246-8251. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.055
63. Leach J, Blanch A, Bianchi AC (1999) Volatile organic compounds in an urban airborne environment adjacent to a municipal incinerator, waste collection centre and sewage treatment plant. Atmos Environ 33(26):4309-4325. doi: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00115-6
64. Farant J-P, Ogilvie D (2002) Investigation of the presence of amino and nitro polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a Söderberg primary aluminum smelter. AIHA J 63(6):721-725. doi: 10.1080/15428110208984761
65. Glotfelty DE, Caro JH (1975) Removal of trace contaminants from the air. ACS Symposium Series, vol 17. ACS. doi: 10.1021/bk-1975-0017
66. Pratt KA, Murphy SM, Subramanian R, DeMott PJ, Kok GL, Campos T, Rogers DC, Prenni AJ, Heymsfield AJ, Seinfeld JH, Prather KA (2011) Flight-based chemical characterization of biomass burning aerosols within two prescribed burn smoke plumes. Atmos Chem Phys 11(24):12549-12565. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-12549-2011
67. Silva PJ, Liu DY, Noble CA, Prather KA (1999) Size and chemical characterization of individual particles resulting from biomass burning of local Southern California species. Environ Sci Technol 33(18):3068-3076