Physicochemical Characteristics of Individual Aerosol Particles during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade in Beijing

Wang, Wenhua; Shao, Longyi; Xing, Jiaoping; Li, Jie; Chang, Lingli; Li, Wenjun

doi:10.3390/atmos9020040

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Physicochemical Characteristics of Individual Aerosol Particles during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade in Beijing

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Wenhua Wang

,

Longyi Shao

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Jiaoping Xing

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Jie Li

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Lingli Chang

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Wenjun Li

State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

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Atmosphere 2018, 9(2), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020040

Submission received: 17 December 2017 / Revised: 22 January 2018 / Accepted: 23 January 2018 / Published: 25 January 2018

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Morphology and Internal Mixing of Atmospheric Particles)

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During the 2015 China Victory Day parade control periods, the air quality in Beijing hit the best record, leading to 15 continuous good days with an average PM_2.5 mass concentration 18 μg/m³, which provided a unique opportunity to study the ambient aerosols in megacity Beijing. The morphology and elemental composition of aerosol particles were investigated by transmission electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (TEM-EDX). Five types of individual particles were identified, including homogeneous mixed S-rich particles (HS; 44.9%), organic coated S-rich particles (CS; 34.3%), mineral particles (10.5%), soot aggregates (7.21%) and organic particles (3.2%). The number percentage of secondary particles (including HS and CS) accounted for a large proportion with 79.2% during the control periods. The average diameter of secondary particles increased with relative humidity (RH), being 323 nm, 358 nm and 397 nm at the RH 34%, 43% and 53%, respectively, suggesting that the high RH might favor the growth of secondary particles. The higher proportion of CS particles may show great atmospheric implications and the CS particles may be formed by the condensation of secondary organic aerosols on pre-existing S-rich particles.

Keywords: morphology; aerosol particle; mixing state; S-rich particles

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Wang, W.; Shao, L.; Xing, J.; Li, J.; Chang, L.; Li, W. Physicochemical Characteristics of Individual Aerosol Particles during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade in Beijing. Atmosphere 2018, 9, 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020040

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Wang W, Shao L, Xing J, Li J, Chang L, Li W. Physicochemical Characteristics of Individual Aerosol Particles during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade in Beijing. Atmosphere. 2018; 9(2):40. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020040

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Wang, Wenhua, Longyi Shao, Jiaoping Xing, Jie Li, Lingli Chang, and Wenjun Li. 2018. "Physicochemical Characteristics of Individual Aerosol Particles during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade in Beijing" Atmosphere 9, no. 2: 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020040

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Wang, W., Shao, L., Xing, J., Li, J., Chang, L., & Li, W. (2018). Physicochemical Characteristics of Individual Aerosol Particles during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade in Beijing. Atmosphere, 9(2), 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020040

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