Particle mass yield from β-caryophyllene ozonolysis
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The influence of second-generation products on the particle mass yield of β-caryophyllene ozonolysis was systematically tested and quantified. The approach was to vary the relative concentrations of firstand secondgeneration products by adjusting the concentration of ozone while observing changes in particle mass yield. For all wallloss corrected organic particle mass concentrations Morg of this study (0.5 10 μg m−3 the particle mass yield increased to as high as 70 % for the ultimate yield corresponding to the greatest ozone exposures. These differing dependencies on ozone exposure under different regimes of Morg are explained by a combination of the ozonolysis lifetimes of the first-generation products and the volatility distribution of the resulting second-generation products. First-generation products that have short lifetimes produce low-volatility second-generation products whereas first-generation products that have long lifetimes produce high-volatility second-generation products. The ultimate particle mass yield was defined by mass-based stoichiometric yields αi of α0 = 0.17± 0.05, α1 = 0.11±0.17, and α2 = 1.03± 0.30 for corresponding saturation concentrations of 1, 10, and 100 μg m−3. Terms α0 and α1 had low sensitivity to the investigated range of ozone exposure whereas term α2 increased from 0.32± 0.13 to 1.03± 0.30 as the ozone exposure was increased. These findings potentially allow for simplified yet accurate parameterizations in air quality and climate models that seek to represent the ozonolysis particle mass yields of certain classes of biogenic compounds.
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