Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Nov 2021)
Chemical composition of nanoparticles from <i>α</i>-pinene nucleation and the influence of isoprene and relative humidity at low temperature
- L. Caudillo,
- B. Rörup,
- M. Heinritzi,
- G. Marie,
- M. Simon,
- A. C. Wagner,
- T. Müller,
- T. Müller,
- M. Granzin,
- A. Amorim,
- F. Ataei,
- R. Baalbaki,
- B. Bertozzi,
- Z. Brasseur,
- R. Chiu,
- B. Chu,
- L. Dada,
- J. Duplissy,
- J. Duplissy,
- H. Finkenzeller,
- L. Gonzalez Carracedo,
- X.-C. He,
- V. Hofbauer,
- W. Kong,
- W. Kong,
- H. Lamkaddam,
- C. P. Lee,
- B. Lopez,
- N. G. A. Mahfouz,
- V. Makhmutov,
- V. Makhmutov,
- H. E. Manninen,
- R. Marten,
- D. Massabò,
- R. L. Mauldin,
- R. L. Mauldin,
- B. Mentler,
- U. Molteni,
- U. Molteni,
- U. Molteni,
- A. Onnela,
- J. Pfeifer,
- M. Philippov,
- A. A. Piedehierro,
- M. Schervish,
- W. Scholz,
- B. Schulze,
- J. Shen,
- D. Stolzenburg,
- Y. Stozhkov,
- M. Surdu,
- C. Tauber,
- Y. J. Tham,
- P. Tian,
- A. Tomé,
- S. Vogt,
- M. Wang,
- D. S. Wang,
- S. K. Weber,
- A. Welti,
- W. Yonghong,
- W. Yusheng,
- M. Zauner-Wieczorek,
- U. Baltensperger,
- I. El Haddad,
- R. C. Flagan,
- A. Hansel,
- A. Hansel,
- K. Höhler,
- J. Kirkby,
- J. Kirkby,
- M. Kulmala,
- M. Kulmala,
- M. Kulmala,
- K. Lehtipalo,
- K. Lehtipalo,
- O. Möhler,
- H. Saathoff,
- R. Volkamer,
- P. M. Winkler,
- N. M. Donahue,
- A. Kürten,
- J. Curtius
Affiliations
- L. Caudillo
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- B. Rörup
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- M. Heinritzi
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- G. Marie
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- M. Simon
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- A. C. Wagner
- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, USA
- T. Müller
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- T. Müller
- Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- M. Granzin
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- A. Amorim
- CENTRA and FCUL, University of Lisbon, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
- F. Ataei
- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- R. Baalbaki
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- B. Bertozzi
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Z. Brasseur
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- R. Chiu
- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, USA
- B. Chu
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- L. Dada
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- J. Duplissy
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- J. Duplissy
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- H. Finkenzeller
- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, USA
- L. Gonzalez Carracedo
- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- X.-C. He
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- V. Hofbauer
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- W. Kong
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- W. Kong
- California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
- H. Lamkaddam
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- C. P. Lee
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- B. Lopez
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- N. G. A. Mahfouz
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- V. Makhmutov
- Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia
- V. Makhmutov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, National Research University, 117303, Moscow, Russia
- H. E. Manninen
- CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- R. Marten
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- D. Massabò
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova and INFN, 16146 Genoa, Italy
- R. L. Mauldin
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- R. L. Mauldin
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- B. Mentler
- Institute for Ion and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- U. Molteni
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- U. Molteni
- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- U. Molteni
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- A. Onnela
- CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- J. Pfeifer
- CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- M. Philippov
- Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia
- A. A. Piedehierro
- Atmospheric Composition Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
- M. Schervish
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- W. Scholz
- Institute for Ion and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- B. Schulze
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- J. Shen
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- D. Stolzenburg
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Y. Stozhkov
- Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia
- M. Surdu
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- C. Tauber
- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Y. J. Tham
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- P. Tian
- Beijing Weather Modification Office, 100089 Beijing, China
- A. Tomé
- IDL, Universidade da Beira Interior, R. Marquês de Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
- S. Vogt
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- M. Wang
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- D. S. Wang
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- S. K. Weber
- CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- A. Welti
- Atmospheric Composition Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
- W. Yonghong
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- W. Yusheng
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- M. Zauner-Wieczorek
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- U. Baltensperger
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- I. El Haddad
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- R. C. Flagan
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- A. Hansel
- Institute for Ion and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- A. Hansel
- Ionicon Analytik GmbH, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- K. Höhler
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- J. Kirkby
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- J. Kirkby
- CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- M. Kulmala
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- M. Kulmala
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- M. Kulmala
- Aerosol and Haze Laboratory, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- K. Lehtipalo
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- K. Lehtipalo
- Atmospheric Composition Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
- O. Möhler
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- H. Saathoff
- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- R. Volkamer
- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, USA
- P. M. Winkler
- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- N. M. Donahue
- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- A. Kürten
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- J. Curtius
- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17099-2021
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 21
pp. 17099 – 17114
Abstract
Biogenic organic precursors play an important role in atmospheric new particle formation (NPF). One of the major precursor species is α-pinene, which upon oxidation can form a suite of products covering a wide range of volatilities. Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) comprise a fraction of the oxidation products formed. While it is known that HOMs contribute to secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation, including NPF, they have not been well studied in newly formed particles due to their very low mass concentrations. Here we present gas- and particle-phase chemical composition data from experimental studies of α-pinene oxidation, including in the presence of isoprene, at temperatures (−50 and −30 ∘C) and relative humidities (20 % and 60 %) relevant in the upper free troposphere. The measurements took place at the CERN Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets (CLOUD) chamber. The particle chemical composition was analyzed by a thermal desorption differential mobility analyzer (TD-DMA) coupled to a nitrate chemical ionization–atmospheric pressure interface–time-of-flight (CI-APi-TOF) mass spectrometer. CI-APi-TOF was used for particle- and gas-phase measurements, applying the same ionization and detection scheme. Our measurements revealed the presence of C8−10 monomers and C18−20 dimers as the major compounds in the particles (diameter up to ∼ 100 nm). Particularly, for the system with isoprene added, C5 (C5H10O5−7) and C15 compounds (C15H24O5−10) were detected. This observation is consistent with the previously observed formation of such compounds in the gas phase. However, although the C5 and C15 compounds do not easily nucleate, our measurements indicate that they can still contribute to the particle growth at free tropospheric conditions. For the experiments reported here, most likely isoprene oxidation products enhance the growth of particles larger than 15 nm. Additionally, we report on the nucleation rates measured at 1.7 nm (J1.7 nm) and compared with previous studies, we found lower J1.7 nm values, very likely due to the higher α-pinene and ozone mixing ratios used in the present study.
