Articles | Volume 23, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1661-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1661-2023
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27 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 27 Jan 2023

Modeling the influence of chain length on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation via multiphase reactions of alkanes

Azad Madhu, Myoseon Jang, and David Deacon

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SOA formation is simulated using the UNIPAR model for series of linear alkanes. The inclusion of autoxidation reactions within the explicit gas mechanisms of C9–C12 was found to significantly improve predictions. Available product distributions were extrapolated with an incremental volatility coefficient (IVC) to predict SOA formation of alkanes without explicit mechanisms. These product distributions were used to simulate SOA formation from C13 and C15 and had good agreement with chamber data.
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