Measurement of formic acid, acetic acid and hydroxyacetaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide, and methyl peroxide in air by chemical ionization mass spectrometry: airborne method development

Treadaway, Victoria; Heikes, Brian G.; McNeill, Ashley S.; Silwal, Indira K. C.; O'Sullivan, Daniel W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1901-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1901-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1901-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

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05 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 05 Apr 2018

Measurement of formic acid, acetic acid and hydroxyacetaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide, and methyl peroxide in air by chemical ionization mass spectrometry: airborne method development

Victoria Treadaway, Brian G. Heikes, Ashley S. McNeill, Indira K. C. Silwal, and Daniel W. O'Sullivan

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RC1: 'Referee comment for the manuscript "Measurement of formic acid, acetic acid and hydroxyacetaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide, and methyl peroxide in air by chemical ionization mass spectrometry: airborne method development"', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Comments by Anonymous Referee #1', Victoria Treadaway, 29 Dec 2017
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- AC2: 'Response to Comments by Anonymous Referee #2', Victoria Treadaway, 29 Dec 2017

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AR by Victoria Treadaway on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (31 Jan 2018)

ED: Publish as is (01 Feb 2018) by Hendrik Fuchs

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Short summary

A multi-reagent ion chemical ionization mass spectrometer was developed to quantify formic acid, acetic acid and hydroxyacetaldehyde (referred to as acetic acid equivalent sum, AAES), hydrogen peroxide and methyl peroxide. This set-up was successfully deployed in the field during the 2014 Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Exp. Laboratory and field work allowed the post-mission quantification of both formic acid and AAES sum during the 2012 Deep Convective Clouds and Chem. Exp.