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Photooxidants from brown carbon and other chromophores in illuminated particle extracts
Richie Kaur
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of
California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA
Jacqueline R. Labins
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of
California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA
Scarlett S. Helbock
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of
California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA
Wenqing Jiang
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of
California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA
Keith J. Bein
Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis,
One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of
California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of
California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8627, USA
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We measured hydroxyl radical (•OH), singlet oxygen (1O2*), and organic triplets (3C*) in illuminated aqueous particle extracts. After measuring the impact of dilution on oxidant concentrations, we extrapolated our results to predict them in ambient particles – 1O2* and 3C* concentrations appear to be greatly enhanced, while •OH appears largely unchanged. Two of these oxidants (1O2*, 3C*) are not yet included in atmospheric models, and our results make it possible to include them in the future.
We measured hydroxyl radical (•OH), singlet oxygen (1O2*), and organic triplets (3C*) in...
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