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15 May 2019
Research article |
| 15 May 2019
| 15 May 2019
Identification of jet lubrication oil as a major component of aircraft exhaust nanoparticles
Akihiro Fushimi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Environmental Measurement and Analysis, National
Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
Katsumi Saitoh
Center for Environmental Measurement and Analysis, National
Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
Environmental Science Analysis and Research Laboratory, Iwate
028-7302, Japan
Yuji Fujitani
Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
Nobuyuki Takegawa
Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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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.
Jet engine aircraft are significant sources of atmospheric nanoparticles. Using size-resolved...
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