Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6389-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-6389-2019
Research article
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15 May 2019
Research article |  | 15 May 2019

Identification of jet lubrication oil as a major component of aircraft exhaust nanoparticles

Akihiro Fushimi, Katsumi Saitoh, Yuji Fujitani, and Nobuyuki Takegawa

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Apr 2019) by Joachim Curtius
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Short summary
Jet engine aircraft are significant sources of atmospheric nanoparticles. Using size-resolved particulate samples collected near a runway of the Narita International Airport, Japan, we clearly demonstrate for the first time that organic compounds in aircraft exhaust nanoparticles (diameter: < 30 nm) were dominated by nearly intact forms of jet engine lubrication oil. This finding has an implication for their environmental impacts near airports and in the upper troposphere.
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