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Sulfate formation via aerosol-phase SO2 oxidation by model biomass burning photosensitizers: 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde, vanillin and syringaldehyde using single-particle mixing-state analysis
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
Zhancong Liang
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
Brix Raphael Go
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
Rosemarie Ann Infante Cuevas
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
Rongzhi Tang
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
Mei Li
Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Environment, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for On-line Source Apportionment System of Air Pollution, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 510632, China
Chunlei Cheng
Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Atmospheric Environment, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for On-line Source Apportionment System of Air Pollution, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality, Guangzhou 510632, China
Chak K. Chan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
Low-Carbon and Climate Impact Research Centre of School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
current address: Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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This study reveals the sulfate formation in photosensitized particles from biomass burning under UV and SO2, of which the relative atmospheric importance in sulfate production was qualitatively compared to nitrate photolysis. On the basis of single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry measurements, the number percentage of sulfate-containing particles and relative peak area of sulfate in single-particle spectra exhibited a descending order of 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde > vanillin > syringaldehyde.
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