Experiment: Nizkorodov Lab_20150414_Naphthalene/Nitric oxide/Ammonia_Hydroxyl radical_No Seed_0RH

Experiment

Name: Nizkorodov Lab_20150414_Naphthalene/Nitric oxide/Ammonia_Hydroxyl radical_No Seed_0RH
Date: 2015-04-14

Organization
Nizkorodov Lab

Chamber
Nizkorodov Chamber

Experiment Set
Naphthalene SOA for humidity, NOx, and NH3 effects

Goals
Prepare NAP SOA at 0 RH, with high NOx, and with NH3

Summary
Prepare NAP SOA at 0 RH, with high NOx, and with NH3

Experiment Details

Categories:

  • Aerosol formation
Temperature: 21
Relative Humidity: 0
Seeded Experiment: No
Fuchs Adjusted Surface Area:
Condensation sink rate coefficient: 0
Reaction type:
Oxidant Name: Hydroxyl radical
Initial Oxidant Concentration Value: 6000000 (molecules_per_cubic_centimeter)
RO2 Main Fate: Not Sure
RO2 Lifetime: (Seconds)
Pressure:

Data Sets

ID Instrument File  
4162 SMPS 20150414_SMPS.csv

Data Set plots
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Experiment Set Details

Name: Naphthalene SOA for humidity, NOx, and NH3 effects
Time format and units:
Description:
Prepared naphthalene SOA under high/low humidity, high/low NOx, and with/without NH3 to see how the composition changed.

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Contacts

Principal investigator:

Sergey Nizkorodov
E-mail: nizkorod@uci.edu


Data Manager:

Alexandra Klodt
Phone: 6419541844
E-mail: aklodt@uci.edu

Reactants

Reactant Compound type Concentration Concentration units
Naphthalene (931) 200 Parts Per Billion
Nitric oxide (145068) 200 Parts Per Billion
Ammonia (222) 1 Parts Per Million

20150414_timeline.csv Timeline

Time Action
10:32 Turned on Instruments
11:35 Injected H2O2
11:40 Injected Precursor
11:45 Injected NO
11:50 Injected NH3
11:56 Turned on Lamps
13:52 Turned off Lamps
13:52 Began collecting
17:12 Stopped collecting

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

Chamber Details

Name: Nizkorodov Chamber
Volume in cubic meters: 5.6
Shape: Rectangular Prism
Surface area in cubic meters: 20
Flow Mode: Batch
Flow through rate in liters per minute:
Body Material: Teflon
Body thickness: 8
Replacement date: 2014-06-18
Replacement frequency: As needed
Cleaning method: Flushing with air with UV lights on Oxidation
o3 background:
nox background:
Particle background in micrograms per cubic meter:
Air filtration method: FTIR purge air generator
Mixing method: 0
Mixing method material:
Temparature Control: No
Temparature measurements recorded: Yes
Temparature range (min degrees celcius): 22
Temparature range (max degrees celcius): 29
Humidity Control: Yes
Humidity Measurements Recorded: Yes
Relative humidity range (min percent): 0
Relative humidity range (max percent): 100
Particle experiment capability: 1
Lights: Yes
Light source type(s): UVB Lamps
Supplemental information:
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