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Laboratory studies of fresh and aged biomass burning aerosol emitted from east African biomass fuels – Part 2: Chemical properties and characterization
Damon M. Smith
Department of Physics, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Applied Sciences and Technology Program, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
current address: Department of Chemistry and Physics, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA
Tianqu Cui
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
current address: Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer
Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
Marc N. Fiddler
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Rudra P. Pokhrel
Department of Physics, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Jason D. Surratt
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Department of Physics, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
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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.
Biomass fuels used for domestic purposes in east Africa produce a significant atmospheric burden...
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