Mechanistic study of secondary organic aerosol components formed from nucleophilic addition reactions of methacrylic acid epoxide

Birdsall, A. W.; Miner, C. R.; Mael, L. E.; Elrod, M. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12951-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12951-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12951-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 23

Research article

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08 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 08 Dec 2014

Mechanistic study of secondary organic aerosol components formed from nucleophilic addition reactions of methacrylic acid epoxide

A. W. Birdsall, C. R. Miner, L. E. Mael, and M. J. Elrod

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Final revised paper (published on 08 Dec 2014)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C6035: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Aug 2014
- AC C8304: 'Reply to Referee 1', Matthew Elrod, 21 Oct 2014
RC C6608: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Sep 2014
- AC C8305: 'Reply to Referee 2', Matthew Elrod, 21 Oct 2014

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AR by Matthew Elrod on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Oct 2014) by V. Faye McNeill

AR by Matthew Elrod on behalf of the Authors (30 Oct 2014)

Short summary

We investigated how an important naturally emitted chemical, isoprene, can contribute to the formation of aerosol particles, which are a key component of air pollution that can also influence climate. Specifically, we found that a particular relative of isoprene, methacrylic acid epoxide, is capable of transforming into a number of different chemical components via reaction on existing aerosol particles. These results will help to make isoprene air quality model predictions more accurate.