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31 Jan 2022
Research article |
| 31 Jan 2022
| 31 Jan 2022
Secondary organic aerosol and organic nitrogen yields from the nitrate radical (NO3) oxidation of alpha-pinene from various RO2 fates
Kelvin H. Bates
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California
Davis, Davis CA 95616, USA
Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138,
USA
Guy J. P. Burke
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California
Davis, Davis CA 95616, USA
James D. Cope
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California
Davis, Davis CA 95616, USA
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California
Davis, Davis CA 95616, USA
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The main nighttime sink of α-pinene, a hydrocarbon abundantly emitted by plants, is reaction with NO3 to form nitrooxy peroxy radicals (nRO2). Using uniquely designed chamber experiments, we show that this reaction is a major source of organic aerosol when nRO2 reacts with other nRO2 and forms a nitrooxy hydroperoxide when nRO2 reacts with HO2. Under ambient conditions these pathways are key loss processes of atmospheric reactive nitrogen in areas with mixed biogenic and anthropogenic influence.
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