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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-755-2024
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Wall loss of semi-volatile organic compounds in a Teflon bag chamber for the temperature range of 262–298 K: mechanistic insight on temperature dependence
Longkun He
SKL-ESPC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
SEPKL-AERM, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Wenli Liu
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Laboratory for Climate and Ocean-Atmosphere Studies, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
SKL-ESPC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
SEPKL-AERM, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
now at: College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Jixuan Wang
SKL-ESPC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
SEPKL-AERM, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Mikinori Kuwata
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Laboratory for Climate and Ocean-Atmosphere Studies, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Yingjun Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
SKL-ESPC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
SEPKL-AERM, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Short summary
We experimentally investigated vapor wall loss of n-alkanes in a Teflon chamber across a wide temperature range. Increased wall loss was observed at lower temperatures. Further analysis suggests that lower temperatures enhance partitioning of n-alkanes to the surface layer of a Teflon wall but slow their diffusion into the inner layer. The results are important for quantitative analysis of chamber experiments conducted at low temperatures, simulating wintertime or upper-tropospheric conditions.
We experimentally investigated vapor wall loss of n-alkanes in a Teflon chamber across a wide...