The Synergistic Role of Sulfuric Acid, Bases, and Oxidized Organics Governing New-Particle Formation in Beijing

Chao Yan; Rujing Yin; Yiqun Lu; Lubna Dada; Dongsen Yang; Yueyun Fu; Jenni Kontkanen; Chenjuan Deng; Olga Garmash; Jiaxin Ruan; Rima Baalbaki; Meredith Schervish; Runlong Cai; Matthew Bloss; Tommy Chan; Tianzeng Chen; Qi Chen; Xuemeng Chen; Yan Chen; Biwu Chu; Kaspar Dällenbach; Benjamin Foreback; Xucheng He; Liine Heikkinen; Tuija Jokinen; Heikki Junninen; Juha Kangasluoma; Tom Kokkonen; Mona Kurppa; Katrianne Lehtipalo; Haiyan Li; Hui Li; Xiaoxiao Li; Yiliang Liu; Qingxin Ma; Pauli Paasonen; Pekka Rantala; Rosaria E. Pileci; Anton Rusanen; Nina Sarnela; Pauli Simonen; Shixian Wang; Weigang Wang; Yonghong Wang; Mo Xue; Gan Yang; Lei Yao; Ying Zhou; Joni Kujansuu; Tuukka Petäjä; Wei Nie; Yan Ma; Maofa Ge; Hong He; Neil M. Donahue; Douglas R. Worsnop; K. Veli-Matti; Lin Wang; Yongchun Liu; Jun Zheng; Markku Kulmala; Jingkun Jiang; Federico Bianchi

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The Synergistic Role of Sulfuric Acid, Bases, and Oxidized Organics Governing New-Particle Formation in Beijing

Chao Yan, Rujing Yin, Yiqun Lu, Lubna Dada, Dongsen Yang, Yueyun Fu, Jenni Kontkanen, Chenjuan Deng, Olga Garmash, Jiaxin Ruan, Rima Baalbaki, Meredith Schervish, Runlong Cai, Matthew Bloss, Tommy Chan, Tianzeng Chen, Qi Chen, Xuemeng Chen, Yan Chen, Biwu ChuKaspar Dällenbach, Benjamin Foreback, Xucheng He, Liine Heikkinen, Tuija Jokinen, Heikki Junninen, Juha Kangasluoma, Tom Kokkonen, Mona Kurppa, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Haiyan Li, Hui Li, Xiaoxiao Li, Yiliang Liu, Qingxin Ma, Pauli Paasonen, Pekka Rantala, Rosaria E. Pileci, Anton Rusanen, Nina Sarnela, Pauli Simonen, Shixian Wang, Weigang Wang, Yonghong Wang, Mo Xue, Gan Yang, Lei Yao, Ying Zhou, Joni Kujansuu, Tuukka Petäjä, Wei Nie, Yan Ma, Maofa Ge, Hong He, Neil M. Donahue, Douglas R. Worsnop, K. Veli-Matti, Lin Wang, Yongchun Liu, Jun Zheng, Markku Kulmala, Jingkun Jiang, Federico Bianchi

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Abstract

Intense and frequent new particle formation (NPF) events have been observed in polluted urban environments, yet the dominant mechanisms are still under debate. To understand the key species and governing processes of NPF in polluted urban environments, we conducted comprehensive measurements in downtown Beijing during January–March, 2018. We performed detailed analyses on sulfuric acid cluster composition and budget, as well as the chemical and physical properties of oxidized organic molecules (OOMs). Our results demonstrate that the fast clustering of sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) and base molecules triggered the NPF events, and OOMs further helped grow the newly formed particles toward climate- and health-relevant sizes. This synergistic role of H₂SO₄, base species, and OOMs in NPF is likely representative of polluted urban environments where abundant H₂SO₄ and base species usually co-exist, and OOMs are with moderately low volatility when produced under high NO_x concentrations.

Original language	English
Article number	e2020GL091944
Number of pages	12
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	48
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091944
Publication status	Published - 2021
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The work is supported by Academy of Finland via the Center of Excellence in Atmospheric Sciences (project no. 272041, 316114, 311932, and 315203) and European Research Council via ATM-GTP 266 (742206), CHAPAs (850614) and BLACARAT (615922), National Natural Science Foundation of China (41730106, 21876094, 91644213, and 92044301), and Samsung PM2.5 SRP. NMD and MS are supported by the US NSF grant AGS-1801897. LW thanks the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC0209505 and 2017YFC0209503). The work is supported by Academy of Finland via the Center of Excellence in Atmospheric Sciences (project no. 272041, 316114, 311932, and 315203) and European Research Council via ATM‐GTP 266 (742206), CHAPAs (850614) and BLACARAT (615922), National Natural Science Foundation of China (41730106, 21876094, 91644213, and 92044301), and Samsung PM SRP. NMD and MS are supported by the US NSF grant AGS‐1801897. LW thanks the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC0209505 and 2017YFC0209503). 2.5

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atmospheric particles
new particle formation
oxygenated organic molecules
sulfuric acid

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Yan, C., Yin, R., Lu, Y., Dada, L., Yang, D., Fu, Y., Kontkanen, J., Deng, C., Garmash, O., Ruan, J., Baalbaki, R., Schervish, M., Cai, R., Bloss, M., Chan, T., Chen, T., Chen, Q., Chen, X., Chen, Y., ... Bianchi, F. (2021). The Synergistic Role of Sulfuric Acid, Bases, and Oxidized Organics Governing New-Particle Formation in Beijing. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(7), Article e2020GL091944. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091944

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