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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-955-2023
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Quantitative chemical assay of nanogram-level particulate matter using aerosol mass spectrometry: characterization of particles collected from uncrewed atmospheric measurement platforms
Christopher R. Niedek
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, 1
Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, United States
Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Graduate Program, University of California, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, United States
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352,
United States
Maria A. Zawadowicz
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
Zihua Zhu
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352,
United States
Beat Schmid
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352,
United States
Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, 1
Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, United States
Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Graduate Program, University of California, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, United States
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Short summary
This novel micronebulization aerosol mass spectrometry (MS) technique requires a low sample volume (10 μL) and can quantify nanogram levels of organic and inorganic particulate matter (PM) components when used with 34SO4. This technique was successfully applied to PM samples collected from uncrewed atmospheric measurement platforms and provided chemical information that agrees well with real-time data from a co-located aerosol chemical speciation monitor and offline data from secondary ion MS.
This novel micronebulization aerosol mass spectrometry (MS) technique requires a low sample...