Articles | Volume 18, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10849-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10849-2018
Research article
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03 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2018

Light absorption by polar and non-polar aerosol compounds from laboratory biomass combustion

Deep Sengupta, Vera Samburova, Chiranjivi Bhattarai, Elena Kirillova, Lynn Mazzoleni, Michealene Iaukea-Lum, Adam Watts, Hans Moosmüller, and Andrey Khlystov

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Optical properties of polar and non-polar extracts of biomass burning organic aerosols (BBOAs) generated by burning of globally and regionally important fuels were studied. The non-polar fraction of BBOAs was found to be more light absorbing than the polar fraction. Laboratory aging of BBOAs produced by flaming fuels increased aerosol light absorption attributed to the formation of organo-nitrogen compounds. Refractive indices were retrieved for both polar and non-polar extracts of BBOAs.
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