Influence of seed aerosol surface area and oxidation rate on vapor wall
deposition and SOA mass yields: a case study with <i>α</i>-pinene
ozonolysis

Nah, Theodora; McVay, Renee C.; Zhang, Xuan; Boyd, Christopher M.; Seinfeld, John H.; Ng, Nga L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9361-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9361-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9361-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

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28 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 28 Jul 2016

Influence of seed aerosol surface area and oxidation rate on vapor wall deposition and SOA mass yields: a case study with α-pinene ozonolysis

Theodora Nah, Renee C. McVay, Xuan Zhang, Christopher M. Boyd, John H. Seinfeld, and Nga L. Ng

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The influence of seed aerosol surface area and oxidation rate on SOA formation in α-pinene ozonolysis is studied. SOA growth rate and mass yields are independent of seed surface area, consistent with the condensation of SOA-forming vapors being dominated by quasi-equilibrium growth. Faster α-pinene oxidation rates and higher SOA mass yields are observed at increasing O₃ concentrations, indicating that a faster α-pinene oxidation rate leads to rapidly produced SOA-forming oxidation products.