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Measurements of higher alkanes using NO+ chemical ionization in PTR-ToF-MS: important contributions of higher alkanes to secondary organic aerosols in China
Chaomin Wang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Caihong Wu
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Sihang Wang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Jipeng Qi
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Baolin Wang
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), 250353 Jinan, China
Zelong Wang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Weiwei Hu
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510640 Guangzhou, China
Wei Chen
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510640 Guangzhou, China
Chenshuo Ye
State Joint Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
Wenjie Wang
State Joint Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100029 Beijing, China
Chen Wang
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), 250353 Jinan, China
Shan Huang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Wei Song
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510640 Guangzhou, China
Xinming Wang
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510640 Guangzhou, China
Suxia Yang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Shenyang Zhang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Wanyun Xu
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather & Key Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry of China Meteorology Administration, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, 100081 Beijing, China
Nan Ma
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Zhanyi Zhang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Bin Jiang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
Yafang Cheng
Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz 55128, Germany
Xuemei Wang
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Min Shao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, 511443 Guangzhou, China
Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, 511443 Guangzhou, China
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We utilized a novel online mass spectrometry method to measure the total concentration of higher alkanes at each carbon number at two different sites in China, allowing us to take into account SOA contributions from all isomers for higher alkanes. We found that higher alkanes account for significant fractions of SOA formation at the two sites. The contributions are comparable to or even higher than single-ring aromatics, the most-recognized SOA precursors in urban air.
We utilized a novel online mass spectrometry method to measure the total concentration of higher...
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