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23 Sep 2025
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New water-soluble, toxic tracers of wood burning identified in fine brown carbon aerosol using a non-target approach
Vinh Nguyen
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, al. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
Bartłomiej Witkowski
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Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, al. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
Tomasz Gierczak
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, al. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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This article provides new insights into the molecular composition of fine, light-absorbing organic aerosols emitted by biomass burning. Laboratory-generated aerosol was extracted into water and analyzed with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, identifying over 350 new water-soluble wood-burning tracers. This study also examines the toxicities and atmospheric lifetimes, revealing that the newly identified molecules are harmful and can undergo chemical processing in atmospheric hydrometeors.
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