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Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1179-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1179-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
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07 Mar 2023
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Influence of ozone and humidity on PTR-MS and GC-MS VOC measurements with and without a Na2S2O3 ozone scrubber

Lisa Ernle, Monika Akima Ringsdorf, and Jonathan Williams

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I agree with the handling editor that this paper covers a very good study that would be a very useful for the community, especially for measurements of reactive gases.
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Atmospheric ozone can induce artefacts in volatile organic compound measurements. Laboratory tests were made using GC-MS and PTR-MS aircraft systems under tropospheric and stratospheric conditions of humidity and ozone, with and without sodium thiosulfate filter scrubbers. Ozone in dry air produces some carbonyls and degrades alkenes. The scrubber lifetime depends on ozone concentration, flow rate and humidity. For the troposphere with scrubber, no significant artefacts were found over 14 d.
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