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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3337-2015
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Research article
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18 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 18 Aug 2015
Hyphenation of a EC / OC thermal–optical carbon analyzer to photo-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: an off-line aerosol mass spectrometric approach for characterization of primary and secondary particulate matter
J. Diab
Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre/Chair of Analytical Chemistry, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
T. Streibel
Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre/Chair of Analytical Chemistry, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre/Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Munich, Germany
F. Cavalli
JRC European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability – Air & Climate Unit, 21027 Ispra, Italy
S. C. Lee
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
H. Saathoff
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Aerosol Research Division, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
A. Mamakos
JRC European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy – Sustainable Transport Unit, 21027 Ispra, Italy
J. C. Chow
DRI-Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric sciences, Reno, NV 89512, USA
L.-W. A. Chen
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
J. G. Watson
DRI-Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric sciences, Reno, NV 89512, USA
O. Sippula
Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre/Chair of Analytical Chemistry, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland
R. Zimmermann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre/Chair of Analytical Chemistry, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre/Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Munich, Germany
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Short summary
This paper depicts several fields of application of a new analytical method, which expands the well-established EC/OC method, which enables one to measure the carbon content (organic and elemental) of particulate aerosols. It was coupled to photo-ionization mass spectrometry to get structural information of the evolving carbonaceous species. Application fields such as smoke chamber-, ambient - and wood combustion particles were addressed, covering exemplary primary and secondary aerosol sources.
This paper depicts several fields of application of a new analytical method, which expands the...
