Articles | Volume 24, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6987-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-6987-2024
Research article
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18 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 18 Jun 2024

Different formation pathways of nitrogen-containing organic compounds in aerosols and fog water in northern China

Wei Sun, Xiaodong Hu, Yuzhen Fu, Guohua Zhang, Yujiao Zhu, Xinfeng Wang, Caiqing Yan, Likun Xue, He Meng, Bin Jiang, Yuhong Liao, Xinming Wang, Ping'an Peng, and Xinhui Bi

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-74', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Mar 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-74', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Mar 2024

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Xinhui Bi on behalf of the Authors (25 Apr 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (06 May 2024) by Qiang Zhang
AR by Xinhui Bi on behalf of the Authors (06 May 2024)
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Short summary
The formation pathways of nitrogen-containing compounds (NOCs) in the atmosphere remain unclear. We investigated the composition of aerosols and fog water by state-of-the-art mass spectrometry and compared the formation pathways of NOCs. We found that NOCs in aerosols were mainly formed through nitration reaction, while ammonia addition played a more important role in fog water. The results deepen our understanding of the processes of organic particulate pollution.
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