Using X-ray computed tomography and micro-Raman spectrometry to measure individual particle surface area, volume, and morphology towards investigating atmospheric heterogeneous reactions

作     者：Mingjin Wang Nan Zheng Tong Zhu Jing Shang Ting Yu Xiaojuan Song Defeng Zhao Yong Guan Yangchao Tian 

作者机构：BIC-ESAT and SKL-ESPCl College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Peking University Beijing 100871 China National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei 230029 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第30卷第7期

页      面：23-32页

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学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 070602[理学-大气物理学与大气环境] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology(No.2008AA062503) the National Natural Science Foundation Committee of China(Nos.41421064,20637020) the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.20100470166) 

主　　题：Heterogeneous reactions Individual CaCO3 particle Micro-Raman spectrometry Synchrotron radiation X-ray computed tomography Morphology Surface area Volume 

摘      要：Heterogeneous reactions on the aerosol particle surface in the atmosphere play important roles in air pollution, climate change, and global biogeochemical cycles. However, the reported uptake coefficients of heterogeneous reactions usually have large variations and may not be relevant to real atmospheric conditions. One of the major reasons for this is the use of bulk samples in laboratory experiments, while particles in the atmosphere are suspended individually. A number of technologies have been developed recently to study heterogeneous reactions on the surfaces of individual particles. Precise measurements on the reactive surface area, volume, and morphology of individual particles are necessary for calculating the uptake coefficient, quantifying reactants and products, and understanding the reaction mechanism better. In this study, for the first time we used synchrotron radiation X-ray computed tomography（XCT） and micro-Raman spectrometry to measure individual CaCO_3 particle morphology, with sizes ranging from 3.5–6.5 μm. Particle surface area and volume were calculated using a reconstruction method based on software threedimensional（3-D） rendering. The XCT was first validated with high-resolution fieldemission scanning electron microscopy（FE-SEM） to acquire accurate CaCO_3 particle surface area and volume estimates. Our results showed an average difference of only 6.1% in surface area and 3.2% in volume measured either by micro-Raman spectrometry or X-ray tomography. X-ray tomography and FE-SEM can provide more morphological details of individual Ca CO3 particles than micro-Raman spectrometry. This study demonstrated that X-ray computed tomography and micro-Raman spectrometry can precisely measure the surface area, volume, and morphology of an individual particle.