Articles | Volume 24, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-13219-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-13219-2024
Measurement report
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29 Nov 2024
Measurement report |  | 29 Nov 2024

Measurement report: Oxidation potential of water-soluble aerosol components in the south and north of Beijing

Wei Yuan, Ru-Jin Huang, Chao Luo, Lu Yang, Wenjuan Cao, Jie Guo, and Huinan Yang

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We characterized water-soluble oxidative potential (OP) levels in wintertime PM2.5 in the south and north of Beijing. Our results show that the volume-normalized dithiothreitol (DTTv) in the north was comparable to that in the south, while the mass-normalized dithiothreitol (DTTm) in the north was almost twice that in the south. Traffic-related emissions and biomass burning were the main sources of DTTv in the south, and traffic-related emissions contributed the most to DTTv in the north.
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