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Influence of relative humidity on the heterogeneous oxidation of secondary organic aerosol

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a complex mixture of hundreds of semi-volatile to extremely low-volatility organic compounds that are chemically processed in the atmosphere, including via heterogeneous oxidation by gas-phase radicals. Relative humidity (RH) has a substantial impact on particle ph...

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description Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a complex mixture of hundreds of semi-volatile to extremely low-volatility organic compounds that are chemically processed in the atmosphere, including via heterogeneous oxidation by gas-phase radicals. Relative humidity (RH) has a substantial impact on particle phase, which can affect how SOA evolves in the atmosphere. In this study, SOA from dark α-pinene ozonolysis is heterogeneously aged by OH radicals in a flow tube at low and high RH. At high RH (RH =89 %) there is substantial loss of particle volume (∼60 %) at an equivalent atmospheric OH exposure of 3 weeks. In contrast, at low RH (RH =25 %) there is little mass loss (
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Ageing
Aging
Atmosphere
Chemical properties
Continuity (mathematics)
Environmental aspects
Exposure
Free radicals
Humidity
Mass
Mass spectra
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
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Volatility
α-Pinene
title Influence of relative humidity on the heterogeneous oxidation of secondary organic aerosol
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