A new approach for measuring the carbon and oxygen content of atmospherically relevant compounds and mixtures

Hurley, James F.; Kreisberg, Nathan M.; Stump, Braden; Bi, Chenyang; Kumar, Purushottam; Hering, Susanne V.; Keady, Pat; Isaacman-VanWertz, Gabriel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4911-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4911-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4911-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Research article

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18 Sep 2020

Research article |

| 18 Sep 2020

A new approach for measuring the carbon and oxygen content of atmospherically relevant compounds and mixtures

James F. Hurley, Nathan M. Kreisberg, Braden Stump, Chenyang Bi, Purushottam Kumar, Susanne V. Hering, Pat Keady, and Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz

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RC1: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', James Hurley, 20 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review of Hurley et al. 2020', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 May 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', James Hurley, 20 Jun 2020
RC3: 'Review of AMT-2020-44', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 May 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer #3', James Hurley, 20 Jun 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by James Hurley on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Jul 2020) by Bin Yuan

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (30 Jul 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Aug 2020) by Bin Yuan

AR by James Hurley on behalf of the Authors (11 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The chemical composition of aerosols has implications for human and ecosystem health. Current methods for determining chemical composition are expensive and require highly trained personnel. Our method is promising for moderate-cost, low-maintenance measurements of oxygen / carbon ratios, a key chemical parameter, and other elements may also be studied. In this work, we coupled two commonly used detectors to assess O / C ratios in a variety of compounds and mixtures within an acceptable error.