Revealing Brown Carbon Chromophores Produced in Reactions of Methylglyoxal with Ammonium Sulfate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 14257-14266

  Lin, Peng ^a   Laskin, Julia ^b   Nizkorodov, Sergey A ^c   Laskin, Alexander ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBONYLS; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLIMATE FORCINGS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTODIODE ARRAYS;

CHROMOPHORES;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BROWN CARBON; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; METHYLGLYOXAL; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; AMINE; WATER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BROWN CARBON; CARBONYL COMPOUND; FORMATION MECHANISM; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; FLOW RATE; GLYCATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; AEROSOL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OPTICS; PROCEDURES;

AEROSOLS; AMINES; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PYRUVALDEHYDE; WATER;

EID: 84950148652     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03608     Document Type: Article

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