Experiment: Nguyen Group_20190606_ALPHA-PINENE/OZONE/Nitrogen dioxide/hydrogen peroxide_Nitrate radical_Ammonium sulfate_100ugm3_seeds

Experiment

Name: Nguyen Group_20190606_ALPHA-PINENE/OZONE/Nitrogen dioxide/hydrogen peroxide_Nitrate radical_Ammonium sulfate_100ugm3_seeds
Date: 2019-06-06

Organization
Nguyen Group

Chamber
Tran's big bag of air

Experiment Set
a-pinene nighttime chemistry

Goals
To quantify the nitrooxy-hydroperoxide yield and the SOA yield from nighttime RO2+HO2-dominated NO3-initiated chemistry of a-pinene by adding H2O2 + ozone + NO2 to the chamber. Part of a series of varying initial seed particle surface area to see how that affects SOA formation.

Summary
H2O2, NO2, and O3 were injected in the chamber and allowed to equilibrate, forming NO3 (and some N2O5) and probably HO2. Ammonium sulfate seed particles were injected. Then a-pinene was injected and decayed by simultaneous reaction with ozone and NO3. Gas phase was monitored by CF3O- CIMS and particle formation by SMPS. A filter was collected for later offline analysis.

Experiment Details

Categories:

  • Gas phase chemical reaction
  • Aerosol formation
Temperature: 22
Relative Humidity: 5
Seeded Experiment: Yes
Type of Seed: Ammonium sulfate
Initial Seed Concentration Value: 100
Seed Concentration Units: micrograms_per_cubic_meter
Fuchs Adjusted Surface Area:
Condensation sink rate coefficient: 5
Reaction type:
Oxidant Name: Nitrate radical
Initial Oxidant Concentration Value: 200 (parts_per_trillion)
RO2 Main Fate: HO2
RO2 Lifetime: (Seconds)
Pressure: 755 Torr

Data Sets

ID Instrument File  
2111 T/RH/O3/NOx 190606_RHTNOxO3.csv
2112 SMPS - bulk, uncorrected 190606_SMPS_uncorr.csv
2113 SMPS - bulk, wall loss corrected 190606_SMPS_corr.csv
2114 CF3O- CIMS: negative mode, raw spectra 190606_CIMS_neg.csv
2115 CF3O- CIMS: positive mode, raw spectra 190606_CIMS_pos.csv

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Experiment Set Details

Name: a-pinene nighttime chemistry
Time format and units: HH:MM, local time
Description:
A series of experiments examining product yields and SOA formation from a-pinene + NO3 under conditions spanning a range of RO2 fates and under conditions designed to mimic the nighttime chemistry of the Southeast US in the summer. Two types of experiments are included: those in which the chemistry is initiated by addition of N2O5, which provides an easy NO3 source but tends to deviate from ambient conditions (i.e., no HO2 or ozone, and usually extremely high NO3 and/or RO2), and those in which the chemistry is initiated with O3 + NO2 + H2O2, which together provide conditions more closely resembling the ambient atmosphere at night (i.e., with HO2 and ozone in addition to NO3 and pinene) but have much more complex chemistry to untangle (simultaneous a-pinene + NO3, a-pinene + O3, and a-pinene + OH oxidation). For each experiment initiated with O3 + NO2 + H2O2, an additional control experiment without NO2 was run to account for this complex "background" (non-NO3) chemistry.

Collaborators:

  • Kelvin H Bates Harvard / UC Davis

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Contacts

Principal investigator:

Tran B. Nguyen
Phone: 5307525987
E-mail: tbn@ucdavis.edu
OrcID: 0000-0001-9206-4359

Data Manager:

Kelvin H. Bates
E-mail: kelvinhbates@gmail.com

Reactants

Reactant Compound type Concentration Concentration units
ALPHA-PINENE (6654)
  • Alkene
  • Cycloalkene
 45 Parts Per Billion
OZONE (24823) 100 Parts Per Billion
Nitrogen dioxide (3032552)
  • NOx
 75 Parts Per Billion
hydrogen peroxide (784) 4 Parts Per Million

190606_timeline.csv Timeline

Time_HH:MM Action
12:13 Cap bag
12:40 NO2 injection
12:46 O3 injection
13:00 CIMS start
13:10 H2O2 injection
13:11 Start atomizing
13:25 H2O2 injection stop
14:02 Stop atomizing
14:06 Start a-pinene injection
14:09 Stop a-pinene injection
14:58 Start filter collection
15:21 Instruments off
15:38 Stop filter collection

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Characterizations
Light Flux Characterizations:
(None)
Particle Loss Characterizations:
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Vapor Loss Characterizations:
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Chamber Details

Name: Tran's big bag of air
Volume in cubic meters: 10
Shape: Rectangular Prism
Surface area in cubic meters: 28
Flow Mode: Batch
Flow through rate in liters per minute:
Body Material: Teflon
Body thickness: 2
Replacement date:
Replacement frequency: As needed
Cleaning method: Flushing with air Flushing with air with UV lights on Oxidation
o3 background: < 0.5 ppb
nox background:
Particle background in micrograms per cubic meter:
Air filtration method: Custom filtration canisters to remove NOx, hydrocarbons, water, particles, ozone, SOx from pressurized ambient air.
Mixing method: 1
Mixing method material: Pulsed air jets, manually actuated
Temparature Control: Yes
Temparature measurements recorded: Yes
Temparature range (min degrees celcius):
Temparature range (max degrees celcius):
Humidity Control: Yes
Humidity Measurements Recorded: Yes
Relative humidity range (min percent):
Relative humidity range (max percent):
Particle experiment capability: 1
Lights: Yes
Light source type(s): UV broadband black lights (centered at 350 nm)
Supplemental information:
Additional Notes: 40-Watt, Osram/Sylvania 350nm black lights, 48” long, T12 fluorescent; 72 bulbs, 36 each on two facing walls, with UV-reflective siding on all walls. Lights are controlled via 6 panels (3 on the right wall - top, mid, bottom - and 3 equivalent on the left wall).