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07 Oct 2019
Research article |
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| 07 Oct 2019
Measurement techniques for identifying and quantifying hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) in an aqueous matrix and particulate matter using aerosol mass spectrometry and ion chromatography
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Christopher Y. Lim
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Manjula R. Canagaratna
Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc.,
Billerica, MA 02138, USA
Jesse H. Kroll
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Douglas R. Worsnop
Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc.,
Billerica, MA 02138, USA
Frank N. Keutsch
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Short summary
Measurement techniques commonly used to analyze particulate matter composition can result in the possible misidentification of sulfur-containing species, especially for the case of sulfate and hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS). The efficiency and limitations of these techniques, along with a method that enables further studies of the contribution of sulfur-containing species, S(IV) versus S(VI), to particulate matter under low-light atmospheric conditions, are described in this work.
Measurement techniques commonly used to analyze particulate matter composition can result in the...
