Laboratory studies of fresh and aged biomass burning  aerosol emitted from east African biomass fuels – Part 2:  Chemical properties and characterization

Smith, Damon M.; Cui, Tianqu; Fiddler, Marc N.; Pokhrel, Rudra P.; Surratt, Jason D.; Bililign, Solomon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10169-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10169-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10169-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 17

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02 Sep 2020

Research article |

| 02 Sep 2020

Laboratory studies of fresh and aged biomass burning aerosol emitted from east African biomass fuels – Part 2: Chemical properties and characterization

Damon M. Smith, Tianqu Cui, Marc N. Fiddler, Rudra P. Pokhrel, Jason D. Surratt, and Solomon Bililign

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2019-1160', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer #1', Solomon Bililign, 03 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer #2', Solomon Bililign, 03 Aug 2020

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Short summary

Biomass fuels used for domestic purposes in east Africa produce a significant atmospheric burden of aerosols and volatile organic compounds. The chemical properties and composition of these aerosols have not been investigated in the laboratory. In this work methanol extracts from filter samples of aerosol collected from an indoor smog chamber were analyzed to determine the chemical composition and identify the light absorption properties of organic aerosol constituents.