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Effects of seed particles Al2O3, Al2(SO4)3 and H2SO4 on secondary organic aerosol

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Seed particles Al2O3, Al2(SO4)3 and H2SO4 were selected to investigate their effects on secondary aerosol (SA) formation in toluene/NO x photooxidation under sulfur dioxide (SO2) and ammonia (NH3). Effect of seed particles on SA formation was related to their acid-base properties and the presence of acid or alkaline gases. Under NH3-poor condition, SA formation increased with increasing SO2 concentration due to the acid-catalyzing effect of the oxidation products of SO2 (i.e. H2SO4). The enhancing effect of SO2 became unobvious under NH3-rich condition, because NH3 would eliminate the acid-catalyzing effect by neutralizing the acid products. Acidic seeds H2SO4 accelerated SA formation under either SO2 or NH3 condition. Weak acidic Al2(SO4)3 seeds didn’t affect obviously on SA formation. The inhibiting effect of amphoteric seeds Al2O3 on SA formation was related to the presence of SO2 / NH3 due to their acid-base property. Under NH3-poor condition, the inhibiting effect of Al2O3 on SA formation decreased with increasing concentration of SO2, while under NH3-rich condition, the inhibiting effect wasn’t remarkable.

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This work was supported by Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars from Ministry of Education of China (No. 2013S010), Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province (No. R2015L12). This work was also supported by the “Strategic Priority Research Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. XDB05010102 and XDB05030100) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21407158).

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    Xiao Zhang & Chaozhi Zhang

  2. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Xiao Zhang & Junhua Li

  3. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Biwu Chu

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Zhang, X., Chu, B., Li, J. et al. Effects of seed particles Al2O3, Al2(SO4)3 and H2SO4 on secondary organic aerosol. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 11, 5 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-017-0936-4

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