Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2191-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2191-2022
Research article
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17 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2022

Sources and processes of iron aerosols in a megacity in Eastern China

Yanhong Zhu, Weijun Li, Yue Wang, Jian Zhang, Lei Liu, Liang Xu, Jingsha Xu, Jinhui Shi, Longyi Shao, Pingqing Fu, Daizhou Zhang, and Zongbo Shi

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The solubilities of iron in fine particles in a megacity in Eastern China were studied under haze, fog, dust, clear, and rain weather conditions. For the first time, a receptor model was used to quantify the sources of dissolved and total iron aerosol. Microscopic analysis further confirmed the aging of iron aerosol during haze and fog conditions that facilitated dissolution of insoluble iron.
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