Effects of seed aerosols on the growth of secondary organic aerosols from the photooxidation of toluene

作     者：HAO Li-qing WANG Zhen-ya HUANG Ming-qiang FANG Li ZHANG Wei-jun 

作者机构：Laboratory of Environmental Spectroscopy Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei 230031 China 

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

年 卷 期：2007年第19卷第6期

页      面：704-708页

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学科分类：083001[工学-环境科学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 08[工学] 070602[理学-大气物理学与大气环境] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20477043) the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KZCX2-SW-H08).* 

主　　题：toluene photooxidation secondary organic aerosol seed aerosol 

摘      要：Hydroxyl radical （.OH）-initiated photooxidation reaction of toluene was carried out in a self-made smog chamber. Four individual seed aerosols such as ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, sodium silicate and calcium chloride, were introduced into the chamber to assess their influence on the growth of secondary organic aerosols （SOA）. It was found that the low concentration of seed aerosols might lead to high concentration of SOA particles. Seed aerosols would promote rates of SOA formation at the start of the reaction and inhibit its formation rate with prolonging the reaction time. In the case of ca. 9000 pt/cm^3 seed aerosol load, the addition of sodium silicate induced a same effect on the SOA formation as ammonium nitrate. The influence of the four individual seed aerosols on the generation of SOA decreased in the order of calcium chloride〉sodium silicate and ammonium nitrate〉ammonium sulfate.