Measurements of non-volatile aerosols with a VTDMA and their correlations
with carbonaceous aerosols in Guangzhou, China

Cheung, Heidi H. Y.; Tan, Haobo; Xu, Hanbing; Li, Fei; Wu, Cheng; Yu, Jian Z.; Chan, Chak K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8431-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8431-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-8431-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 13

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12 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 12 Jul 2016

Measurements of non-volatile aerosols with a VTDMA and their correlations with carbonaceous aerosols in Guangzhou, China

Heidi H. Y. Cheung, Haobo Tan, Hanbing Xu, Fei Li, Cheng Wu, Jian Z. Yu, and Chak K. Chan

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RC C9044: 'review of Cheung et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Nov 2015
- AC C13361: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Hoi Yan Cheung, 28 Mar 2016

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (19 May 2016) by Tuukka Petäjä

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ED: Publish as is (14 Jun 2016) by Tuukka Petäjä

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We present simultaneous measurements of aerosol volatility and carbonaceous matters in Guangzhou, China, in Feb and Mar 2014 using a VTDMA and OC / EC analyzer. Low volatility particles with no significant evaporation at 300° C in the VTDMA contributed 5–15 % of number concentrations of the 40–300 nm particles. Mass closure suggests that non-volatile organic carbon, in addition to elemental carbon, was one of the components of the non-volatile residuals measured by the VTDMA in this study.