Relationship between the molecular composition, visible light absorption, and health-related properties of smoldering woodsmoke aerosols

Chan, Lam Kam; Nguyen, Khanh Q.; Karim, Noreen; Yang, Yatian; Rice, Robert H.; He, Guochun; Denison, Michael S.; Nguyen, Tran B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-539-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-539-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-539-2020

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

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

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17 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 17 Jan 2020

Relationship between the molecular composition, visible light absorption, and health-related properties of smoldering woodsmoke aerosols

Lam Kam Chan, Khanh Q. Nguyen, Noreen Karim, Yatian Yang, Robert H. Rice, Guochun He, Michael S. Denison, and Tran B. Nguyen

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RC1: 'Review of Chan et al. manuscript', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Oct 2019
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AC1: 'Response to both referees', Tran Nguyen, 22 Nov 2019

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Aerosols from the low-intensity smoldering combustion of nine types of wood were generated in a controlled laboratory environment and subjected to chemical, physical, and biological and toxicological analysis. These smoldering woodsmoke aerosols have significant biological activity that is comparable to other combustion-derived sources. We describe the molecular composition of the woodsmoke aerosols and find links between specific compounds and aerosol optical–biological properties.