Relative humidity effect on the formation of highly oxidized molecules and new particles during monoterpene oxidation

Li, Xiaoxiao; Chee, Sabrina; Hao, Jiming; Abbatt, Jonathan P. D.; Jiang, Jingkun; Smith, James N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1555-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1555-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1555-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 3

Research article

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06 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2019

Relative humidity effect on the formation of highly oxidized molecules and new particles during monoterpene oxidation

Xiaoxiao Li, Sabrina Chee, Jiming Hao, Jonathan P. D. Abbatt, Jingkun Jiang, and James N. Smith

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RC1: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Oct 2018
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RC3: 'review on Li et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Nov 2018
AC1: 'Responses to comments by all reviewers', Jim Smith, 18 Dec 2018

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We performed lab experiments to explore the role of relative humidity, RH, in atmospheric monoterpene oxidation and new particle formation. These studies will provide insights into the most important steps in the process, while also more accurately representing the real atmosphere. We found that the detected compounds did not change with RH, and in fact could mostly be fully explained by the autoxidation of organic peroxy radicals followed by bimolecular reactions with other peroxy radicals.