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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-12441-2023
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Research article
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06 Oct 2023
Research article |
| 06 Oct 2023
| 06 Oct 2023
Gas–particle partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds when wildfire smoke comes to town
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
Rebecca A. Wernis
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
now at: Picarro, Inc., Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
Kasper Kristensen
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
now at: Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Finlandsgade 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Nathan M. Kreisberg
Aerosol Dynamics Inc., Berkeley, California 94710, USA
Philip L. Croteau
Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, USA
Scott C. Herndon
Aerodyne Research, Inc., 45 Manning Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, USA
Arthur W. H. Chan
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E5, Canada
Nga L. Ng
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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We measured the gas–particle partitioning behaviors of biomass burning markers and examined the effect of wildfire organic aerosol on the partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds. Most compounds measured are less volatile than model predictions. Wildfire aerosol enhanced the condensation of polar compounds and caused some nonpolar (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) compounds to partition into the gas phase, thus affecting their lifetimes in the atmosphere and the mode of exposure.
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