Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9147-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9147-2018
Research article
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29 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 29 Jun 2018

Characteristics and mixing state of amine-containing particles at a rural site in the Pearl River Delta, China

Chunlei Cheng, Zuzhao Huang, Chak K. Chan, Yangxi Chu, Mei Li, Tao Zhang, Yubo Ou, Duohong Chen, Peng Cheng, Lei Li, Wei Gao, Zhengxu Huang, Bo Huang, Zhong Fu, and Zhen Zhou

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Particulate amines play an important role for the particle acidity and hygroscopicity. We found amines were internally mixed with sulfate and nitrate at a rural site in the PRD, China, suggesting the formation of aminium sulfate and nitrate salts. The ammonium-poor state of amine particles in summer was associated with the low emission sources of ammonia and a possible contribution of ammonium–amine exchange reactions. Amines could be a buffer for the particle acidity of ammonium-poor particles.
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