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Research article
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20 Dec 2019
Research article |
| 20 Dec 2019
| 20 Dec 2019
Detection of tar brown carbon with a single particle soot photometer (SP2)
Joel C. Corbin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Metrology Research Centre, 1200 Montreal Road, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
Martin Gysel-Beer
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Short summary
We review the literature to refine the definition of "tar balls" (or tar particles). Then, using a marine-engine data set, we show that a standard SP2 can identify tar particles in two ways, as evaporating and non-incandescing (30 % of tar particles by number) or incandescing particles which scatter more light than soot at incandescence (70 % of tar particles by number). To our knowledge, no other technique can provide in situ, real-time evidence for the presence of tar particles in an aerosol.
We review the literature to refine the definition of "tar balls" (or tar particles). Then, using...
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