Size-resolved effective density of submicron particles during summertime in the rural atmosphere of Beijing, China

Citation:

Qiao K, Wu ZJ, Pei XY, Liu QY, Shang DJ, Zheng J, Du ZF, Zhu WF, Wu YS, Lou SR, et al. Size-resolved effective density of submicron particles during summertime in the rural atmosphere of Beijing, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2018;73:69-77.

摘要:

Particle density is an important physical property of atmospheric particles. The information on high time-resolution size-resolved particle density is essential for understanding the atmospheric physical and chemical aging processes of aerosols particles. In the present study, a centrifugal particle mass analyzer (CPMA) combined with a differential mobility analyzer (DMA) was deployed to determine the size-resolved effective density of 50 to 350 nm particles at a rural site of Beijing during summer 2016. The measured particle effective densities decreased with increasing particle sizes and ranged from 1.43 to 1.55 g/cm(3), on average. The effective particle density distributions were dominated by a mode peaked at around 1.5 g/cm(3) for 50 to 350 nm particles. Extra modes with peaks at 1.0, 0.8, and 0.6 g/cm(3) for 150, 240, and 350 nm particles, which might be freshly emitted soot particles, were observed during intensive primary emissions episodes. The particle effective densities showed a diurnal variation pattern, with higher values during daytime. A case study showed that the effective density of Aitken mode particles during the new particle formation (NPF) event decreased considerably, indicating the significant contribution of organics to new particle growth. (C) 2018 The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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ISI Document Delivery No.: GW9BKTimes Cited: 0Cited Reference Count: 50Qiao, Kai Wu, Zhijun Pei, Xiangyu Liu, Qianyun Shang, Dongjie Zheng, Jing Du, Zhuofei Zhu, Wenfei Wu, Yusheng Lou, Shengrong Guo, Song Chan, Chak K. Pathak, Ravi Kant Hallquist, Mattias Hu, MinHallquist, Mattias/D-2602-2009; Guo, Song/D-9218-2012Hallquist, Mattias/0000-0001-5691-1231; Guo, Song/0000-0002-9661-2313National Key R&D (Research and Development) Program of China [2016YFC0202800: Task 1]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41475127, 41571130021]; Swedish Research Council [639-2013-6917]This work is supported by the following projects: the National Key R&D (Research and Development) Program of China (No. 2016YFC0202800: Task 1), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41475127, 41571130021) and the framework research program on 'Photochemical smog in China' financed by the Swedish Research Council (No. 639-2013-6917).4Science pressBeijing1878-7320