Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Dust emission reduction enhanced gas-to-particle conversion of ammonia in the North China Plain

  • Yongchun Liu,
  • Junlei Zhan,
  • Feixue Zheng,
  • Boying Song,
  • Yusheng Zhang,
  • Wei Ma,
  • Chenjie Hua,
  • Jiali Xie,
  • Xiaolei Bao,
  • Chao Yan,
  • Federico Bianchi,
  • Tuukka Petäjä,
  • Aijun Ding,
  • Yu Song,
  • Hong He,
  • Markku Kulmala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34733-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Liu et al. found that the formation rate of particulate ammonium is slower in the atmosphere than that observed in the laboratory, while it is sped up due to an increase in aerosol acidity driven by an emission reduction of dust in North China Plain.