Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1467-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1467-2022
Research article
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31 Jan 2022
Research article |  | 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, Guy J. P. Burke, James D. Cope, and Tran B. Nguyen

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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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