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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5535-2019
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Research article
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21 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 21 Oct 2019
| 21 Oct 2019
Molecular characterization of alkyl nitrates in atmospheric aerosols by ion mobility mass spectrometry
Atmospheric Chemistry Observation & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Haofei Zhang
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA
92521, USA
Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California,
Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc.,
Billerica, MA 01821, USA
Xiaokang Wu
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843, USA
Geoffrey S. Tyndall
Atmospheric Chemistry Observation & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
John J. Orlando
Atmospheric Chemistry Observation & Modeling Laboratory, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
John T. Jayne
Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc.,
Billerica, MA 01821, USA
Douglas R. Worsnop
Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc.,
Billerica, MA 01821, USA
Manjula R. Canagaratna
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Inc.,
Billerica, MA 01821, USA
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Short summary
We develop a new technique to characterize organic nitrates as intact molecules in atmospheric aerosols, and we apply this technique to identify hydroxy nitrates in secondary organic aerosols produced from the photochemical oxidation of isoprene.
We develop a new technique to characterize organic nitrates as intact molecules in atmospheric...
