Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7567-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7567-2021
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18 May 2021
Research article |  | 18 May 2021

Formation kinetics and mechanisms of ozone and secondary organic aerosols from photochemical oxidation of different aromatic hydrocarbons: dependence on NOx and organic substituents

Hao Luo, Jiangyao Chen, Guiying Li, and Taicheng An

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The formation kinetics and mechanism of O3 and SOA from different AHs are still unclear. Thus the photochemical oxidation mechanism of nine AHs with NO2 is studied. Increased formation rate and yield of O3 and SOA are observed via promoting AH content. Raising the number of AH substituents enhances O3 formation but decreases SOA yield, which is promoted by increasing the methyl group number of AHs. Results help show conversion of AHs to secondary pollutants in the real atmospheric environment.
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