Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) from Nitrate Radical Oxidation of Monoterpenes: Effects of Temperature, Dilution, and Humidity on Aerosol Formation, Mixing, and Evaporation. 2017

Christopher M Boyd, and Theodora Nah, and Lu Xu, and Thomas Berkemeier, and Nga Lee Ng
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.

Nitrate radical (NO3) oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) is important for nighttime secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. SOA produced at night may evaporate the following morning due to increasing temperatures or dilution of semivolatile compounds. We isothermally dilute the oxidation products from the limonene+NO3 reaction at 25 °C and observe negligible evaporation of organic aerosol via dilution. The SOA yields from limonene+NO3 are approximately constant (∼174%) at 25 °C and range from 81 to 148% at 40 °C. Based on the difference in yields between the two temperatures, we calculated an effective enthalpy of vaporization of 117-237 kJ mol-1. The aerosol yields at 40 °C can be as much as 50% lower compared to 25 °C. However, when aerosol formed at 25 °C is heated to 40 °C, only about 20% of the aerosol evaporates, which could indicate a resistance to aerosol evaporation. To better understand this, we probe the possibility that SOA from limonene+NO3 and β-pinene+NO3 reactions is highly viscous. We demonstrate that particle morphology and evaporation is dependent on whether SOA from limonene is formed before or during the formation of SOA from β-pinene. This difference in particle morphology is present even at high relative humidity (∼70%).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006813 Humidity A measure of the amount of WATER VAPOR in the air. Humidities
D000336 Aerosols Colloids with a gaseous dispersing phase and either liquid (fog) or solid (smoke) dispersed phase; used in fumigation or in inhalation therapy; may contain propellant agents. Aerosol
D000393 Air Pollutants Any substance in the air which could, if present in high enough concentration, harm humans, animals, vegetation or materials. Substances include GASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; and volatile ORGANIC CHEMICALS. Air Pollutant,Air Pollutants, Environmental,Environmental Air Pollutants,Environmental Pollutants, Air,Air Environmental Pollutants,Pollutant, Air,Pollutants, Air,Pollutants, Air Environmental,Pollutants, Environmental Air
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures
D039821 Monoterpenes Compounds with a core of 10 carbons generally formed via the mevalonate pathway from the combination of 3,3-dimethylallyl pyrophosphate and isopentenyl pyrophosphate. They are cyclized and oxidized in a variety of ways. Due to the low molecular weight many of them exist in the form of essential oils (OILS, VOLATILE). Monoterpene,Monoterpenoid,Monoterpenoids

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