Secondary organic aerosol formation from <i>α</i>-pinene, alkanes, and oil-sands-related precursors in a new oxidation flow reactor

Li, Kun; Liggio, John; Lee, Patrick; Han, Chong; Liu, Qifan; Li, Shao-Meng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9715-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9715-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9715-2019

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

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

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01 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 01 Aug 2019

Secondary organic aerosol formation from α-pinene, alkanes, and oil-sands-related precursors in a new oxidation flow reactor

Kun Li, John Liggio, Patrick Lee, Chong Han, Qifan Liu, and Shao-Meng Li

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RC1: 'Li et al. review', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to the comments of Anonymous Referee #1', Kun Li, 27 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Review of Li et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to the comments of Anonymous Referee #2', Kun Li, 27 Jun 2019

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A new oxidation flow reactor was developed and applied to study the secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from precursors associated with oil-sands (OS) operations. The results reveal that the SOA yields from OS precursors are related to the volatilities of precursors and that open-pit mining is the main source of SOA formed from oil sands. In addition, cyclic alkanes are found to play an important role in SOA formation from oil-sands precursors.