Ozonolysis of beta-pinene: temperature dependence of secondary organic aerosol mass fraction

Environ Sci Technol. 2008 Jul 15;42(14):5081-6. doi: 10.1021/es070721z.

Abstract

The SOA formation from beta-pinene ozonolysis at modest precursor concentrations (2-40 ppb) was investigated in the temperature range of 0-40 degrees C. The presence of inert seeds and high ozone concentrations is necessary to minimize losses of semivolatile vapors to the walls of the smog chamber. beta-pinene secondary organic aerosol production increases significantly with decreasing temperature. An increase by a factor of 2-3, depending on the reacted beta-pinene concentration, was observed as the temperature decreased from 40 to 0 degrees C. This increase appearsto be due mainly to the shifting of partitioning of the semivolatile SOA componentstoward the particulate phase and not to a change of the beta-pinene product distribution with temperature. The measurements are used to develop a new temperature-dependent parametrization for the four-component basis-set. The parametrization predicts much higher SOA production for beta-pinene ozonolysis for typical atmospheric conditions than the values that have been suggested by previous studies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aerosols / chemistry*
  • Air Pollutants / chemistry*
  • Bicyclic Monoterpenes
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / chemistry*
  • Monoterpenes / chemistry*
  • Ozone / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Smog
  • Temperature*
  • Volatile Organic Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • Air Pollutants
  • Bicyclic Monoterpenes
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds
  • Monoterpenes
  • Smog
  • Volatile Organic Compounds
  • beta-pinene
  • Ozone