C4-C14-alkyl nitrates as organic trace compounds in air |
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Authors: | Oliver Luxenhofer and Karlheinz Ballschmiter |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany |
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Abstract: | The long chain alkyl nitrates (C
n
>5) form a complex spectrum of natural and anthropogenic organic trace compounds in air. HRGC/ECD and HRGC/MSD using 56 amu as the signal reveal a standard pattern of isomeric n-alkyl nitrates in semi-rural air. This is regulated by the input of the corresponding alkanes, their rate constants for the reaction with OH, the rate constant of the alkylperoxy radicals for the reaction to alkyl nitrates, the atmospheric concentrations of NO/NO2 and by the rate constants of the alkyl nitrates for the reaction with OH radicals as the major removal reaction. The complex pattern of signals given by the ECD in the retention index range between 700 and 2000 has been observed before but this is the first time that it has been assigned to a defined group of chemical compounds.The environmental impact of the occurrence of the different groups of alkyl nitrates has yet to be evaluated. Their general property as organic stabilizers for NO/NO2 and therefore as precursors of NO
3
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ions in rain and their biological potentials are also known. The long chain alkyl nitrates act as lipophilic carriers for nitric acid. |
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