Semivolatile behaviour and filter sampling artifacts for dicarboxylic acids during summer campaigns at three forested sites in Europe

The sampling artifacts for C(2)-C(5) dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) were studied by collecting high-volume PM(2.5) samples using front and back quartz-fibre filters. The filters were analysed for carbonaceous components, and for inorganic cationic and anionic and organic anionic species. Back/front filte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maenhaut, Willy, Wang, Wan, Chi, Xuguang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ORGANIC-CARBON
CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION
RURAL BACKGROUND SITE
ELEMENTAL CARBON CONCENTRATIONS
ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL
VAPOR-PRESSURES
BOREAL FOREST
K-PUSZTA
HUNGARY
IDENTIFICATION
Boreal Environment Research
Online Access:https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/2073695
http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2073695
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/2073695/file/2073702
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Summary:The sampling artifacts for C(2)-C(5) dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) were studied by collecting high-volume PM(2.5) samples using front and back quartz-fibre filters. The filters were analysed for carbonaceous components, and for inorganic cationic and anionic and organic anionic species. Back/front filter ratios were determined for the C(2)-C(5) DCAs, but also for methanesulphonate (MSA(-)), the various inorganic species, and the carbonaceous components. The sampling artifacts for the inorganic species were small (< 5%) with the exception of those for nitrate. The median back/front filter ratios for MSA(-) and the C(2)-C(5)DCAs increased in the following order: oxalate (1.5%)-succinate (3%)-MSA(-) (4%)-malonate (2%-9%)-glutarate (7%-26%). Most of these ratios are smaller than those that were obtained for organic carbon, total carbon, and especially water-soluble organic carbon. Our back/front ratios for the C(2)-C(5) DCAs are lower to much lower than those found in other studies.

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