Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1037-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1037-2024
Research article
 | 
13 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 13 Feb 2024

Development and characterization of a high-performance single-particle aerosol mass spectrometer (HP-SPAMS)

Xubing Du, Qinhui Xie, Qing Huang, Xuan Li, Junlin Yang, Zhihui Hou, Jingjing Wang, Xue Li, Zhen Zhou, Zhengxu Huang, Wei Gao, and Lei Li

Related authors

Mixing state and effective density of aerosol particles during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Aodong Du, Jiaxing Sun, Hang Liu, Weiqi Xu, Wei Zhou, Yuting Zhang, Lei Li, Xubing Du, Yan Li, Xiaole Pan, Zifa Wang, and Yele Sun
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 13597–13611, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13597-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13597-2023, 2023
Short summary
Technical Note: Bioaerosol identification by wide particle size range single particle mass spectrometry
Xuan Li, Lei Li, Zeming Zhuo, Guohua Zhang, Xubing Du, Xue Li, Zhengxu Huang, Zhen Zhou, and Zhi Cheng
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-598,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-598, 2022
Preprint archived
Short summary
The chemical composition and mixing state of BC-containing particles and the implications on light absorption enhancement
Jiaxing Sun, Yele Sun, Conghui Xie, Weiqi Xu, Chun Chen, Zhe Wang, Lei Li, Xubing Du, Fugui Huang, Yan Li, Zhijie Li, Xiaole Pan, Nan Ma, Wanyun Xu, Pingqing Fu, and Zifa Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 7619–7630, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7619-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7619-2022, 2022
Short summary
Technical note: Measurement of chemically resolved volume equivalent diameter and effective density of particles by AAC-SPAMS
Long Peng, Lei Li, Guohua Zhang, Xubing Du, Xinming Wang, Ping'an Peng, Guoying Sheng, and Xinhui Bi
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 5605–5613, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5605-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5605-2021, 2021
Short summary
Impact of organic acids on chloride depletion of inland transported sea spray aerosols
Bojiang Su, Zeming Zhuo, Yuzhen Fu, Wei Sun, Ying Chen, Xubing Du, Yuxiang Yang, Si Wu, Fugui Huang, Duohong Chen, Lei Li, Guohua Zhang, Xinhui Bi, and Zhen Zhou
Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-443,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-443, 2020
Revised manuscript not accepted
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Aerosols | Technique: Laboratory Measurement | Topic: Instruments and Platforms
Exploring non-soluble particles in hailstones through innovative confocal laser and scanning electron microscopy techniques
Anthony C. Bernal Ayala, Angela K. Rowe, Lucia E. Arena, William O. Nachlas, and Maria L. Asar
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 5561–5579, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5561-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5561-2024, 2024
Short summary
A comprehensive evaluation of enhanced temperature influence on gas and aerosol chemistry in the lamp-enclosed oxidation flow reactor (OFR) system
Tianle Pan, Andrew T. Lambe, Weiwei Hu, Yicong He, Minghao Hu, Huaishan Zhou, Xinming Wang, Qingqing Hu, Hui Chen, Yue Zhao, Yuanlong Huang, Doug R. Worsnop, Zhe Peng, Melissa A. Morris, Douglas A. Day, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jose-Luis Jimenez, and Shantanu H. Jathar
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 4915–4939, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4915-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4915-2024, 2024
Short summary
An oxidation flow reactor for simulating and accelerating secondary aerosol formation in aerosol liquid water and cloud droplets
Ningjin Xu, Chen Le, David R. Cocker, Kunpeng Chen, Ying-Hsuan Lin, and Don R. Collins
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 4227–4243, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4227-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4227-2024, 2024
Short summary
Surface equilibrium vapor pressure of organic nanoparticles measured from the dynamic-aerosol-size electrical mobility spectrometer
Ella Häkkinen, Huan Yang, Runlong Cai, and Juha Kangasluoma
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 4211–4225, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4211-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4211-2024, 2024
Short summary
Rapid quantitative analysis of SVOCs in indoor surface film using Direct Analysis in Real Time mass spectrometry: A case study on phthalates
Ying Zhou, Longkun He, Jiang Tan, Jiang Zhou, and Yingjun Liu
Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2024-104,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2024-104, 2024
Revised manuscript accepted for AMT
Short summary

Cited articles

Cahill, J. F., Darlington, T. K., Wang, X., Mayer, J., Spencer, M. T., Holecek, J. C., Reed, B. E., and Prather, K. A.: Development of a High-Pressure Aerodynamic Lens for Focusing Large Particles (4–10 µm) into the Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 48, 948–956, https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2014.947400, 2014. 
Cahill, J. F., Fei, H., Cohen, S. M., and Prather, K. A.: Characterization of core-shell MOF particles by depth profiling experiments using on-line single particle mass spectrometry, Analyst, 140, 1510–1515, https://doi.org/10.1039/c4an01913j, 2015. 
Chen, S.-C., Tsai, C.-J., Wu, C.-H., Pui, D. Y. H., Onischuk, A. A., and Karasev, V. V.: Particle loss in a critical orifice, J. Aerosol Sci., 38, 935–949, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2007.06.010, 2007. 
Chen, Y., Kozlovskiy, V., Du, X., Lv, J., Nikiforov, S., Yu, J., Kolosov, A., Gao, W., Zhou, Z., Huang, Z., and Li, L.: Increase of the particle hit rate in a laser single-particle mass spectrometer by pulse delayed extraction technology, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 941–949, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-941-2020, 2020. 
Chudinov, A., Li, L., Zhou, Z., Huang, Z., Gao, W., Yu, J., Nikiforov, S., Pikhtelev, A., Bukharina, A., and Kozlovskiy, V.: Improvement of peaks identification and dynamic range for bi-polar Single Particle Mass Spectrometer, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 436, 7–17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2018.11.013, 2019. 
Short summary
Currently, the limitations of single-particle mass spectrometry detection capabilities render it not yet well suited for analyzing complex aerosol components in low-concentration environments. In this study, a new high-performance single-particle aerosol mass spectrometer (HP-SPAMS) is developed to enhance instrument performance regarding the number of detected particles, transmission efficiency, resolution, and sensitivity, which will help in aerosol science.