This paper explores the role of the secondary inorganic aerosol(SIA) species ammonium, NH+4, nitrate, NO-3, and sulfate,SO2-4, during haze and fog events using hourly mass concentrations of PM2.5measured at a suburban site in Hangzhou,China. A total of 546 samples were collected between 1 April and 8 May 2012. The samples were analyzed and classified as clear, haze or fog depending on visibility and relative humidity(RH). The contribution of SIA species to PM2.5mass increased to ～50% during haze and fog. The mass contribution of nitrate to PM2.5increased from 11% during clear to 20%during haze episodes. Nitrate mass exceeded sulfate mass during haze, while near equal concentrations were observed during fog episodes. The role of RH on the correlation between concentrations of SIA and visibility was examined, with optimal correlation at 60%–70% RH. The total acidity during clear, haze and fog periods was 42.38, 48.38 and 45.51 nmol m-3,respectively, indicating that sulfate, nitrate and chloride were not neutralized by ammonium during any period. The nitrate to sulfate molar ratio, as a function of the ammonium to sulfate molar ratio, indicated that nitrate formation during fog started at a higher ammonium to sulfate molar ratio compared to clear and haze periods. During haze and fog, the nitrate oxidation ratio increased by a factor of 1.6–1.7, while the sulfur oxidation ratio increased by a factor of 1.2–1.5, indicating that both gaseous NO2 and SO2were involved in the reduced visibility.
Roeland Cornelis JANSENSHI YangCHEN JianminHU YunJieXU ChangHONG ShengmaoLI JiaoZHANG Min
The aerosol number concentration and size distribution as well as size-resolved particle chemical composition were measured during haze and photochemical smog episodes in Shanghai in 2009.The number of haze days accounted for 43%,of which 30%was severe(visibility<2 km)and moderate(2 km≤visibility<3 km)haze,mainly distributed in winter and spring.The mean particle number concentration was about 17,000/cm3in haze,more than 2 times that in clean days.The greatest increase of particle number concentration was in 0.5–1μm and 1–10μm size fractions during haze events,about 17.78times and 8.78 times those of clean days.The largest increase of particle number concentration was within 50–100 nm and 100–200 nm fractions during photochemical smog episodes,about 5.89 times and 4.29 times those of clean days.The particle volume concentration and surface concentration in haze,photochemical smog and clean days were102,49,15μm3/cm3and 949,649,206μm2/cm3,respectively.As haze events got more severe,the number concentration of particles smaller than 50 nm decreased,but the particles of 50–200 nm and 0.5–1μm increased.The diurnal variation of particle number concentration showed a bimodal pattern in haze days.All soluble ions were increased during haze events,of which NH4+,SO42-and NO3-increased greatly,followed by Na+,K+,Ca2+and Cl-.These ions were very different in size-resolved particles during haze and photochemical smog episodes.
Xuemei WangJianmin ChenTiantao ChengRenyi ZhangXinming Wang
The hygroscopicity and optical properties of alkylaminium sulfates(AASs) were investigated using a hygroscopicity tandem diferential mobility analyzer coupled to a cavity ring-down spectrometer and a nephelometer. AAS particles do not exhibit a deliquescence phenomenon and show a monotonic increase in diameter as the relative humidity(RH) ascends. Hygroscopic growth factors(GFs) for 40, 100 and 150 nm alkylaminium sulfate particles do not show an apparent Kelvin efect when RH is less than 45%, whereas GFs of the salt aerosols increase with initial particle size when RH is higher than 45%. Calculation using the Zdanovskii-Stokes-Robinson mixing rule suggests that hygroscopic growth of triethylaminium sulfate-ammonium sulfate mixtures is non-deliquescent, occurring at very low RH, implying that the displacement of ammonia by amine will significantly enhance the hygroscopicity of(NH4)2SO4aerosols. In addition, light extinction of AAS particles is a combined efect of both scattering and absorption under dry conditions, but is dominated by scattering under wet conditions.
