Key role of NO3 radicals in the production of isoprene nitrates and nitrooxyorganosulfates in Beijing

Jacqui Hamilton; Dan Bryant; Peter Edwards; B Ouyang; Thomas J. Bannan; Archit Mehra; Alfie Mayhew; J R  Hopkins; Rachel Ellen Dunmore; Freya Squires; James D Lee; Mike Newland; Stephen D. Worrall; Asan Basak; Hugh Coe; Carl J. Percival; Lisa K. Whalley; Dwayne E. Heard; Eloise Slater; Roderic L. Jones; Tianqu Cui; Jason D Surratt; C. E. Reeves; G  Mills; Sue Grimmond; Yele Sun; Weiqi Xu; Zongbo Shi; Andrew Robert Rickard

doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c05689

Key role of NO3 radicals in the production of isoprene nitrates and nitrooxyorganosulfates in Beijing

Jacqui Hamilton, Dan Bryant, Peter Edwards, B Ouyang, Thomas J. Bannan, Archit Mehra, Alfie Mayhew, J R Hopkins, Rachel Ellen Dunmore, Freya Squires, James D Lee, Mike Newland, Stephen D. Worrall, Asan Basak, Hugh Coe, Carl J. Percival, Lisa K. Whalley, Dwayne E. Heard, Eloise Slater, Roderic L. JonesTianqu Cui, Jason D Surratt, C. E. Reeves, G Mills, Sue Grimmond, Yele Sun, Weiqi Xu, Zongbo Shi, Andrew Robert Rickard

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The formation of isoprene nitrates (IsN) can lead to significant secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production and they can act as reservoirs of atmospheric nitrogen oxides. In this work, we estimate the rate of production of IsN from the reactions of isoprene with OH and NO3 radicals during the summertime in Beijing. While OH dominates the loss of isoprene during the day, NO3 plays an increasingly important role in the production of IsN from the early afternoon onwards. Unusually low NO concentrations during the afternoon resulted in NO3 mixing ratios of ca. 2 pptv at approximately 15:00, which we estimate to account for around a third of the total IsN production in the gas phase. Heterogenous uptake of IsN produces nitrooxyorganosulfates (NOS). Two mono-nitrated NOS were correlated with particulate sulfate concentrations and appear to be formed from sequential NO3 and OH oxidation. Di-and tri-nitrated isoprene related NOS, formed from multiple NO3 oxidation steps, peaked during the night. This work highlights that NO3 chemistry can play a key role in driving biogenic-anthropogenic interactive chemistry in Beijing with respect to the formation of IsN during both the day and night.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	842–853
Number of pages	12
Journal	Environmental Science and Technology
Volume	55
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05689
Publication status	Published - 7 Jan 2021

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0003; NERC China Megacities - An Integrated Study of AIR Pollution PROcesses in Beijing (AIRPRO)
Lewis, A. (Principal investigator), Carslaw, D. (Co-investigator) & Rickard, A. R. (Co-investigator)
31/01/16 → 30/07/18
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AIRPOLL-Beijing: Sources and emissions of air pollutants in Beijing
Lee, J. D. (Principal investigator), Hamilton, J. (Co-investigator), Dunmore, R. E. (Researcher) & Pereira, K. L. (Other)
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Hamilton, J., Bryant, D., Edwards, P., Ouyang, B., J. Bannan, T., Mehra, A., Mayhew, A., Hopkins, J. R., Dunmore, R. E., Squires, F., Lee, J. D., Newland, M., Worrall, S. D., Basak, A., Coe, H., Percival, C. J., Whalley, L. K., Heard, D. E., Slater, E., ... Rickard, A. R. (2021). Key role of NO3 radicals in the production of isoprene nitrates and nitrooxyorganosulfates in Beijing. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(2), 842–853. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05689

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Key role of NO3 radicals in the production of isoprene nitrates and nitrooxyorganosulfates in Beijing

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