Measurement of Inherent Material Density of Nanoparticle Agglomerates

We describe a new technique to measure the size dependent inherent material density of chain agglomerate particles. Measurements were carried out for diesel soot and aluminum/alumina agglomerate particles in the nanometer size range. Transmission electron microscopy was used to measure the volumes of agglomerate particles that were preselected by mass using an aerosol particle mass analyzer. We found that the density of diesel exhaust particles increased from 1.27 to 1.78g/cm³ as particle mobility size increased from 50 to 220nm. When particles are preheated to remove volatile components, the density was 1.77±0.07g/cm³, independent of particle size. The densities measured after heating correspond to the inherent material density of diesel soot. Measurements with aluminum nanoparticles were made downstream of a furnace where aluminum (Al) was converted to alumina (Al₂O₃). From measurements of inherent material density we were able to infer the extent of reaction, which varied with furnace temperature.     

The collision efficiency of spherical dioctyl phthalate aerosol particles in the Brownian coagulation

The collision efficiency in the Brownian coagulation is investigated. A new mechanical model of collision between two identical spherical particles is proposed, and a set of corresponding collision equations is established. The equations are solved numerically, thereby obtaining the collision efficiency for the monodisperse dioctyl phthalate spherical aerosols with diameters ranging from 100 to 760 nm in the presence of van der Waals force and the elastic deformation force. The calculated collision efficiency, in agreement with the experimental data qualitatively, decreases with the increase of particle diameter except a small peak appearing in the particles with a diameter of 510 nm. The results show that the interparticle elastic deformation force cannot be neglected in the computation of particle Brownian coagulation. Finally, a set of new expressions relating collision efficiency to particle diameter is established.     

气溶胶单粒子粒径的实时测量方法研究

介绍了近期研制的一台实时测量大气气溶胶单粒子粒径和化学成分的仪器在如何测量气溶胶单粒子粒径方面的测量原理及特点，并结合激光解吸附电离飞行时间质谱技术，利用该仪器对木屑燃烧产生的烟气气溶胶粒子的实时测量结果. 关键词： 气溶胶粒子 空气动力学粒径测量方法 激光解吸附电离 飞行时间质谱     

单颗粒气溶胶飞行时间质谱仪分析香烟烟气气溶胶

单颗粒气溶胶飞行时间质谱可同时对气溶胶单颗粒的粒径大小、化学成分进行实时、在线检测.本研究介绍了新近研制的单颗粒质谱仪的原理、结构、主要技术指标及对香烟烟气气溶胶的应用研究.仪器采用空气动力学透镜聚焦,双光束粒径测量系统确定颗粒物的空气动力学直径,激光电离系统实现颗粒物精确电离,通过双极有网反射飞行时间质量分析器实现正负离子同时检测.香烟检测结果表明,在颗粒物粒径分布上,新鲜香烟烟气颗粒范围较老化烟气宽.在气溶胶化学成分上,老化烟气颗粒物与新鲜烟气相比,尼古丁,氰酸盐,硝酸盐,硫酸盐及铵盐5种成分的数浓度百分比都有所增加,而含C1-的数浓度百分比减少.原因可能是由于烟气由气相到粒相之间的转化,及颗粒物与空气中的气体发生了非均相反应;C1-老化之后的减少是因为HN03与CI-之间的非均相反应.     

宽带腔增强吸收光谱技术应用于痕量气体探测及气溶胶消光系数测量

基于氙灯的非相干宽带腔增强吸收光谱系统, 并将其应用于痕量气体及气溶胶消光系数的测量. 该系统的探测灵敏度通过测量NO₂在520—560 nm波长范围内的吸收得到验证, 最小可探测灵敏度为1.8× 10^-7cm^-1 (1σ, 0.12 s积分时间, 50次平均), 对应的NO₂探测极限～33 nmol/mol. 结合标准气溶胶粒子发生系统, 测量了不同浓度的单分散硫酸铵气溶胶粒子在532 nm波长处的消光系数, 得到粒径为600 nm的硫酸铵气溶胶的消光截面为1.12× 10^-8cm², 与文献报道值1.167× 10^-8cm²相一致, 验证了气溶胶测量的可行性和准确性.     

激光探测与传统方法预测蒸发波导的对比分析

从理论上分析了蒸发波导的成因,并总结了其形成过程。概括了基于气象参数、雷达回波和激光探测预测蒸发波导方法的主要特征,通过对比分析,介绍了激光探测蒸发波导的基本原理和优点,并利用蒙特卡罗方法仿真了水汽压变化对气溶胶粒子的激光后向散射的影响,进一步验证了利用激光技术探测蒸发波导的可行性。     

傅里叶变换红外光谱对水溶性气溶胶复折射率的测量分析方法研究

当前大气气溶胶的成分比较复杂,其水溶性离子成分影响着大气质量,并且对人类健康不利。因此,对水溶性离子成分进行快速可靠的检测是环境科学领域中的一项重要研究工作。以SO24-为例,研究采用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)技术,对水溶性气溶胶离子的消光系数进行测量,并通过理论分析计算得到其复折射率N的过程。通过测量大气气溶胶水溶性SO24-离子的质量消光截面k和消光系数α,再根据消光系数α来计算复折射率N的虚部ni,使用KK(Kramers-Kronig)关系,来计算复折射率N的实部nr,并对实验结果进行了分析和讨论。     

The Organic Particulate Thermal Analysis (OPTA) of Amine Arenesulfonates,Malonic Acids,and Metal Acetylacetonates

Abstract

The new technique of organoparticulate thermal analysis (OPTA) has been used to investigate the thermal decomposition reactions of various types of organic compounds (i.e., malonic acids, metal acetylacetonates, arenesulfonic acids and their amine salts). With a few exceptions, most of the compounds in these classes exhibit strong organoparticulation characteristics at temperatures below 200°C as indicated by their influence on the output current of an ion chamber detector.

In general, no direct correlation between the melting and decomposition temperatures and their organoparticulation temperature ranges (OPTR) was evident. In several instances, the OPTR values lay well above or well beneath the known melting point and decomposition temperatures of the compounds.

To explain the organoparticulating properties of these compounds, vapor phase association of polar molecules (such as amines, carboxylic acids, etc.) would appear to be necessary to give organoparticulate sizes detectable with the present instrumentation. Alternatively, the formation of an “aerosol” suspension of organic molecules in gases, such as SO₂, CO₂, might be occurring with some of these compounds     

Patterned Deposition of Sol-Gel Thin Films Using an Airbrush

ABSTRACT

In this article, we present a method to pattern glass substrates with sol-gel derived thin films. This method is based on the aerosol deposition of sol-gel precursor solutions using an inexpensive, commercially available airbrush. The technique was demonstrated using Cy5-doped sol-gel thin films for the creation of wavelength conversion devices. The films deposited were mechanically and chemically rigid, and patterns could be achieved with a resolution limit of approximately 250 μm. Constructing channel waveguides was also attempted using both zirconium- and titanium-based sol-gel thin films. Deposited thin films of these materials showed graininess that limited the ability to couple light into the films and increased the observed scatter. However, light was successfully coupled into the titanium-based sol-gel film using small lens-like structures created on the glass surface.     

WRF/CHEM modeling of impacts of weather conditions modified by urban expansion on secondary organic aerosol formation over Pearl River Delta

In this paper, the online Weather Research and Forecasting and Chemistry （WRF/CHEM） model, coupled with urban canopy （UCM） and biogenic-emission models, is used to explore impacts of urban expansion on secondary organic aerosols （SOA） formation. Two scenarios of urban maps are used in WRF/CHEM to represent early 1990s （pre-urbanization） and current urban distribution in the Pearl River Delta （PRD）. Month-long simulation results using the above land-use scenarios for March 2001 show： （1） urbanization can increase monthly averaged temperatures by about 0.63 ℃, decrease monthly averaged 10-m wind speeds by 38%, increase monthly averaged boundary-layer depths by 80 m, and decrease monthly aver- aged water mixing ratio by 0.2g/kg. （2） Changes in meteorological conditions can result in detectable concentration changes of NOx, VOC, O3 and NO3 radicals. Urbanization decreases surface NOx and VOC concentrations by a maximum of 4 ppbv and 1.5 ppbv, respectively. Surface O3 and NO3 radical concentrations over major cities increase by about 2-4 ppbv and 4-12 pptv, respectively; areas with increasing O3 and NO3 radical concentrations generally coincide with the areas of temperature increase and wind speed reduction where NOx and VOC decrease. （3） Urbanization can induce 9% increase of SOA in Foshan, Zhongshan and west Guangzhou and 3% decrease in Shenzhen and Dongguan. Over PRD major cities, SOA from Aitken mode reduces by 30% but with more than 70% SOA from accumulate mode. Urbanization has stronger influence on SOA formation from Aitken mode. （4） Over the PRD, 55-65% SOA comes from aromatics precursors. Urbanization has strongest influence on aromatics precursors to produce SOA （14% increase）, while there is less influence on alkane precursors. Alkene precursors have negative contribution to SOA formation under urbanization situation.