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Stability assessment of organic sulfur and organosulfate compounds in filter samples for quantification by Fourier- transform infrared spectroscopy
Marife B. Anunciado
Air Quality Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis,
California, United States
Miranda De Boskey
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Laura Haines
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Katarina Lindskog
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Tracy Dombek
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
Satoshi Takahama
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI),
ENAC/IIE, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne,
Switzerland
Ann M. Dillner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Air Quality Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis,
California, United States
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Short summary
Organic sulfur compounds are used to identify sources and atmospheric processing of aerosol. Our paper evaluates the potential of using a non-destructive measurement technique to measure organic sulfur compounds in filter samples by assessing their chemical stability over time. Some were stable, but some evaporated or changed chemically. Future work includes evaluating the stability and potential interference of multiple organic sulfur compounds in laboratory mixtures and ambient aerosol.
Organic sulfur compounds are used to identify sources and atmospheric processing of aerosol. Our...
