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A new aerosol mass spectrometer for simultaneous detection of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and inorganic components from individual particles Johannes Passig, Julian Schade, Markus Oster, Matthias Fuchs, Sven Ehlert, Cornelia Jäger, Martin Sklorz, and Ralf Zimmermann Anal. Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • Publication Date (Web): 01 Jun 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on June 2, 2017
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A new aerosol mass spectrometer for simultaneous detection of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and inorganic components from individual particles Johannes Passig,†,‡,k Julian Schade,†,k Markus Oster,‡ Matthias Fuchs,‡ Sven Ehlert,†,¶ Cornelia Jäger,§ Martin Sklorz,†,‡ and Ralf Zimmermann⇤,†,‡ Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, University of Rostock, Dr.-Lorenz-Weg 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany, Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre, cooperation group ’Comprehensive Molecular Analytics’ (CMA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany, Photonion GmbH, Hagenower Strasse 73, 19061 Schwerin, Germany, and Astrophysics and Cluster Physics Group, University Jena, Helmholtzweg 3, 07745 Jena, Germany E-mail:
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Abstract
that allows particle classification and source apportionment is lost in that case. Here we present a novel laser desorption and ionization method delivering both the PAH-profile and the inorganic composition from the same, individual particle. Test measurements demonstrate the technique’s capability to reveal the single-particle PAH-distribution in aerosols (mixing state) and its assignment to specific pollution sources in a new and direct way.
On-line studies of single airborne particles represent a demanding challenge in aerosol chemistry. New technologies that help to unravel the role of ambient aerosols in earth climate and to assess local and specific health risks from air pollution are highly desired. Of particular relevance are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from combustion processes that are associated with both acute and long term health effects. Usually, online single particle analyses apply laser desorption/ionization (LDI) in a bipolar mass spectrometer, revealing elemental constituents and limited molecular information by detection of both positive and negative ions. Approaches for the detection of PAHs from single particles have been developed but the elemental information from LDI
Combustion aerosols evoke substantial disease burden and environmental risks. Current studies attribute millions of premature deaths to the inhalation of ambient aerosols, 1 rendering them a major environmental health concern in urban areas worldwide. The physical and chemical complexity of ambient aerosols in interaction with the surrounding atmosphere and solar radiation complicates impact assessments. In-depth chemical analyses for sampled aerosols can neither capture its high temporal variability nor acquire the chemical composition of individual particles. Few on-line approaches for a fast and direct analysis of ambient aerosols have been successfully developed to commercial in-
To whom correspondence should be addressed University of Rostock ‡ Helmholtz Zentrum München ¶ Photonion GmbH § University Jena k These authors contributed equally to this work. ⇤ †
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struments, namely the Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS, Aerodyne Inc.) which is capable to obtain chemical information on non-refractory compounds of size-selected particles (
