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Relationship between Coating-Induced Soot Aggregate Restructuring and Primary Particle Number Kaiser Leung, Elijah G Schnitzler, Ramin Dastanpour, Steven Rogak, Wolfgang Jaeger, and Jason S Olfert Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01140 • Publication Date (Web): 29 Jun 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on July 1, 2017
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Relationship between Coating-Induced Soot
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Aggregate Restructuring and Primary Particle
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Kaiser K. Leung,† Elijah G. Schnitzler,‡,¶ Ramin Dastanpour,§ Steven N. Rogak, § Wolfgang
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Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G2
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
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Corresponding Author
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*Phone: (780) 492-2341; fax: (780) 492-2200; e-mail:
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ABSTRACT
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The restructuring of mono-disperse soot aggregates due to coatings of secondary organic aerosol
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(SOA) was investigated in a series of photo-oxidation chamber experiments. Soot aggregates
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were generated by one of three sources (an ethylene premixed burner, a methane inverted
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diffusion burner, or a diesel generator), treated by denuding, size-selected by a differential
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mobility analyzer, and injected into a smog chamber, where they were exposed to the photo-
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oxidation products of p-xylene, which partitioned to form SOA coatings. The evolution of
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aggregates from their initial to final morphologies was investigated in situ by mobility and mass
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measurements and ex situ by transmission electron microscopy. At a given initial aggregate
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mobility diameter, diesel aggregates are less dense and composed of smaller primary particles
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than those generated by the two burners, and they restructure to a smaller final mobility
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diameter. Remarkably, the final degrees of restructuring of aggregates from all three sources
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exhibit the same linear dependence on the number of primary particles per aggregate. The
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observed linear relationship, valid for the atmospherically-relevant SOA coating investigated
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here, could allow modelers to predict the evolution of aggregate morphology based on a single
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property of the aggregates.
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Introduction
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Soot aggregates in the atmosphere have a significant warming effect on Earth’s climate,
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second only to that of carbon dioxide,1 due to strong absorption of all visible wavelengths of
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light by their constituent primary particles of elemental carbon.2 Soot aggregates form at their
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sources, which include fossil fuel combustion3,4 and biomass burning,5,6 by collisions between
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primary particles, giving the soot a branched or fractal-like structure.7 Depending on the source
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and the combustion conditions, the primary particles may vary from 5 to 60 nm in diameter,8,9
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and aggregates may comprise tens to hundreds of primary particles.7
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The structural and optical properties of soot aggregates can be affected by internally-
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mixed non-absorbing species. For example, restructuring of soot aggregates from initially
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branched structures to comparably compact structures can be induced by coatings of many
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species, including water,10–12 heptane,13 ethanol,13 dioctyl sebecate,14 oleic acid,14,15 glutaric
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acid,16 and sulfuric acid.10,17 The evolution of the optical properties of soot aggregates as a result
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of restructuring and/or lensing has recently been investigated, both experimentally18 and
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theoretically.19 For a bare soot aggregate of a given mass, a compact structure results in a greater
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extinction cross section than a branched structure; however, this is due to increased scattering,
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not absorption, so compaction may not necessarily lead to an increased warming effect on
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climate.18 On the other hand, the presence of a coating on the aggregate may result in increased
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absorption even for a compact structure due to lensing, and this enhancement may lead to an
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increased warming effect.20 Thorough knowledge of the morphological evolution of soot induced
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by coatings is necessary to further our understanding of the complex climate effects of soot.
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In the atmosphere, soot aggregates are exposed to many gas-phase species that may
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condense and contribute to coatings. Accordingly, it is important to investigate the
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morphological evolution of aggregates upon coating with mixtures, in addition to neat species.
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Secondary organic aerosol (SOA), which forms from the photo-oxidation of biogenic and
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anthropogenic volatile organic compounds,21,22 is a mixture of numerous oxygenated organic
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species. Soot aggregate restructuring has been induced by SOA coatings generated from
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isoprene,23 α-pinene,24,25 benzene,26 toluene,26,27 ethylbenzene,26 and m- and p-xylene.26,28 Very
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recently, the morphological and optical properties of burner-generated soot aggregates exposed
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to ambient air in Beijing and Houston were investigated.29 Since fossil fuel combustion is a
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significant source of ambient soot aggregates, it is also important to investigate restructuring of
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engine-generated aggregates, in addition to aggregates generated by typical laboratory burners.
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The evolution of soot aggregates produced by a diesel engine upon photo-oxidation of gas
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emissions has been investigated in the past.30 More specifically, previous studies have
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demonstrated how the properties of the coatings affect restructuring; for example, it was found
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that the extent of restructuring increases with increasing coating mass14,26 and/or surface
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tension.31 However, the question of how the properties of the aggregates themselves, including
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primary particle size and number, dictate restructuring has not been the focus of any previous
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studies.
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Here, we investigate the effects of the soot aggregate properties by systematically
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comparing the coating-induced restructuring of engine- and burner-generated aggregates. We
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describe a series of smog chamber experiments in which SOA coatings derived from p-xylene, a
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representative anthropogenic precursor,32 were used to restructure mono-disperse soot aggregates
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from three sources: a McKenna premixed burner, an inverted diffusion burner, and a commercial
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diesel generator. Adopting a technique introduced by Pagels et al.,10 we characterize the
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morphological evolution of both the coated particles and their soot cores in terms of effective
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densities, dynamic shape factors, and mass-mobility relationships, derived from masses and
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mobilities measured using a centrifugal particle mass analyzer (CPMA) and differential mobility
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analyzer (DMA), respectively. The initial and final morphologies of the aggregates were also
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characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The primary particle sizes and
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numbers were determined using an indirect method, based on in situ CPMA and the DMA
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measurements, and a direct method, based on ex situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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samples. The dependence of restructuring on aggregate properties is explored in detail, and the
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atmospheric implications are discussed. Our study provides key insights for modeling the
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evolution of the morphological and, in turn, optical properties of soot aggregates.
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Experimental Section
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Soot generation and treatment. Soot was produced using a McKenna premixed burner
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(Holthuis & Associates), a custom-built inverted diffusion burner, and a commercial diesel
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generator (Yanmar, YDG3700). The respective experimental setups for the treatment and
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injection of soot are shown in Figure 1. The treatment setup for the McKenna burner experiments
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is shown in Figure 1a, and it has been described in detail elsewhere.26 Briefly, ethylene was used
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as fuel, and the equivalence ratio was set to two, achieved with ethylene and air flow rates of
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1.1 and 8.0 L min-1, respectively. Soot was sampled 27 cm above the flame into an ejector dilutor
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(Air-Vac, AVR038H), set to a dilution ratio of three, using 30 psi of nitrogen. The soot particles
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were then treated by passing them through a 25 cm diffusion drier consisting of tubular mesh
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surrounded by anhydrous calcium sulfate, a thermo-denuder set to 300 °C, and a counter-flow
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parallel-plate membrane denuder described elsewhere.26 A representative size distribution is
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shown in Figure S1.
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The treatment setup for the inverted burner experiments is shown in Figure 1b. The
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inverted burner is a successor to the one used by Ghazi et al.33 Methane was used as fuel, and the
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global equivalence ratio was set to 0.76, achieved with methane and air flow rates of 1.3 and
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16.0 L min-1, respectively. In addition to the combustion air, clean filtered air was used for
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dilution, at a flow rate of approximately 40 L min-1. The soot was sampled downstream of the
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dilution phase and directed to the treatment train, which is similar to that used for the McKenna
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premixed burner, with one addition. In control experiments performed with the above treatment,
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OH exposure (without injection of p-xylene) induced restructuring of inverted burner aggregates
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but had no effect on McKenna burner aggregates. This discrepancy indicates that an appreciable
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fraction of trace gas emissions of the inverted burner penetrated the treatment train, and were
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oxidized in the chamber to form SOA. Since our objective is to compare restructuring of soot
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from different sources, it is critical that the SOA coatings are derived solely from p-xylene, so
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the background SOA formation is unsatisfactory. Consequently, we introduced a 91-cm tube
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consisting of tubular mesh surrounded by activated carbon between the thermo- and membrane
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denuders. In subsequent control experiments, OH exposure alone did not cause restructuring of
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inverted burner aggregates, so this treatment is sufficient.
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The treatment setup for the diesel generator experiments is illustrated in Figure 1c. A
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series of resistors was used to run the engine at set loads. As shown in Figure S2, an
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approximately 100% load (3.5 kW) resulted in particles with the lowest volatile mass fraction
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(13%). Flexible metal tubing was fastened to the exhaust of the engine, and a sample port was
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drilled 23 cm downstream. The soot particles were then passed through the same treatment train
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as was used for the inverted burner, including the activated carbon denuder.
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After treatment, the soot aggregates were neutralized using an X-ray source (TSI, 3087)
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and classified by mobility diameter using a DMA (TSI, 3081), which was operated with sample
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and sheath flow rates of 1.0 and 10.0 L min-1, respectively. The size-selected, mono-disperse
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aggregates were then injected into the smog chamber, which has been described in detail in the
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past.34,35 The 1.8 m3 cubic chamber is constructed of perfluoroalkoxy film (Ingeniven) and
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equipped with three sets of eight 32 W black-lights. Clean air is provided by a pure air generator
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(Aadco, 737), and the contents of the chamber are circulated by a mixing fan. Ultraviolet
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differential optical absorption spectroscopy was used to measure concentrations of p-xylene by
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passing broadband emission from a deuterium lamp (Ocean Optics, D-2000-S) through the
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chamber to a spectrometer (Ocean Optics, HR-2000+).
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Precursor photo-oxidation and soot restructuring. When soot injection was
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completed, the soot in the chamber was directed, alternately with and without thermo-denuding,
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into parallel systems to measure the mean mobility diameter and mass of the particles. A DMA
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and condensation particle counter (CPC; TSI, 3776) were used to measure the mean mobility
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diameter, by stepping the DMA through a range of diameters and measuring the particle
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concentration at each step with by the CPC. The mean particle mass was measured by stepping a
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CPMA, which classifies particles by their mass-to-charge ratio, through a range of particle
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masses and measuring the particle concentration with another CPC (TSI, 3771). When the DMA
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voltage was set to select, for example, singly-charged 150 nm aggregates from the diesel
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generator, McKenna burner, and inverted burner, about 5, 22, and 38%, respectively, of the
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classified particles were estimated to be larger doubly-charged aggregates. The transmission of
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multiply-charged particles reduces the ability to resolve the mass of singly charged particles in
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the CPMA; as shown by Radney et al., the mass can be better resolved by using a second
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neutralizer (TSI, 3077) upstream of the CPMA.36 Soot was monitored continuously for
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approximately one hour after injection to confirm that there was no background change in
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mobility diameter or mass. Then p-xylene (Fisher, 99.9%) was injected into the chamber to give
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a concentration of approximately 1 ppm. This concentration, which is too high to be
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atmospherically representative, is required to probe a wide range of coating masses; also, it has
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been shown that different initial precursor concentrations lead to the same extent of restructuring
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at a given coating mass,27 so the effects reported here, particularly at low coating masses, are
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likely relevant to atmospheric conditions. Precursor concentrations higher than 1 ppm have been
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used, for example, in studies of the optical properties of SOA.37 Hydrogen peroxide (Sigma, 30%
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w/w in water) was then injected into the chamber to yield hydroxyl radicals by photolysis with
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UV radiation,38 which was applied continually throughout the experiment.
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Restructuring, or the collapse of the soot particles, is described in terms of mass-mobility
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exponent, effective density, and shape factor. The mass-mobility exponent, , describes how
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the particle mass, , scales with mobility diameter, , according to
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where is the mass-mobility prefactor.4 For an irregular particle, the mass-mobility exponent is
less than three. The effective density, , of a particle is the mass of the particle divided by its
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mobility-equivalent volume, (6 )/( ). In the following discussion, the effective densities
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of coated and coated-denuded particles are denoted as and , respectively. The dynamic
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shape factor, , is calculated as [ ( )]/[ ( )], where is the Cunningham slip
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correction factor for a certain diameter, and ve is the volume equivalent diameter, which is the
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hypothetical diameter of a spherical particle with the same volume. Assuming there are no
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internal voids (i.e. empty regions within the particle that are isolated from the bulk gas phase39),
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ve is
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where and $%& are the material densities of soot and SOA, respectively, and and
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are the masses of the initial soot aggregates (before the injection of p-xylene) and the coated
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particles (after photo-oxidation), respectively. Again, the superscript denotes that neither type of
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particles was thermo-denuded after sampling from the chamber. The difference −
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gives the mass of the SOA coating. The material density of soot was taken as 1.8 g cm-3,40 and
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the density of the p-xylene-derived SOA was taken as 1.46 g cm-3.41 For spherical particles,
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will be equivalent to , and the shape factor will be unity. The shape factors of coated and coated-denuded particles are denoted as and respectively.
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Restructuring was also probed using TEM. To this end, mobility-classified particles were
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collected on TEM grids using a thermophoretic particle sampler (TPS). Images were produced
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by a Hitachi H7600 transmission electron microscope operated at 80 kV. Images were analyzed
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by an open-source automated TEM image processing program, which uses the pair correlation
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method (PCM).42,43 This program enables measuring of the average primary particle diameter
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and various morphology parameters of aggregates.
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Initial aggregate morphology. The mass-mobility relationships for the initial aggregates
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are depicted in Figure 2a. The mass-mobility exponents for aggregates from the three sources are
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all significantly less than three, indicating that their effective densities decrease with increasing
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mobility diameter. This trend is well-known and has been previously observed for soot generated
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by laboratory burners26,33 and diesel engines.3,4 The mass-mobility relationships of the diesel,
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inverted burner, and McKenna burner aggregates determined here are broadly consistent with
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earlier measurements (see Figure S3).3,4,33,44 At mobility diameters of 100 and 150 nm,
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aggregates from both burners are considerably denser than those from the diesel generator.
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At a given mobility diameter, the mass of soot aggregates can be related to the diameters
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of the primary particles constituting the aggregates generated by each of the three sources.
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Primary particle diameters were investigated both indirectly, using mass and mobility
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measurements, and directly, using TEM microscopy. If the aggregate mobility diameter is taken
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to be equivalent to the projected-area equivalent diameter (determined by TEM),45,46 then the
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surface-area equivalent primary particle diameter, * , can be estimated from the following
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relationship:47 *
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where +* and 0 are parameters dictated by the formation of and collisions between primary
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particles. The values of +* and 0 ‒ 1.13 and 1.1, respectively ‒ were optimized based on mass-
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mobility and TEM data for two engine sources (diesel and gasoline direct injection) over a wide
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range of operating conditions, and they are expected to be an estimate for other soot sources.48
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The estimated * values for each experiment are listed in Table S1, and they are compared to
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the ex situ, but direct, results of the TEM image analysis obtained by the PCM program.42 We
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note that small relative differences in primary particle diameter between the two methods lead to
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more significant differences in primary particle number. In general, the primary particles
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produced by the diesel generator were estimated to have smaller diameters (15.6 nm for 100 nm
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aggregates) than those produced by the inverted and McKenna burners (27.5 and 28.5 nm for
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100 nm aggregates, respectively). Similarly, direct TEM observations of 100 nm aggregates
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indicate that the diesel generator produces the smallest primary particles: for the diesel generator,
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the mean * is 18.0 nm (with a 95% confidence interval of 13.7–22.3 nm); for the McKenna
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and inverted burners, the mean * values are 24.6 and 24.5 nm, respectively (with respective
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95% confidence intervals of 21.8–27.4 and 21.3–27.7 nm). The average number of primary
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particles, 1, is the ratio of aggregate mass to primary particle mass, the latter of which is derived
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from * and the material density of soot, and listed in Table S1. Based on TEM observations,
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aggregates initially having a 100 nm mobility diameter produced by the diesel generator
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comprise about 46 primary particles, whereas those produced by the McKenna and inverted
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burners comprise about 29 and 30 primary particles, respectively. This difference explains why
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aggregates from the diesel generator are the least dense; the greater number of primary particles
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accommodates a more branched structure.
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Evolution of aggregate morphology. To generate atmospherically-relevant coatings,
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we exposed p-xylene, a representative anthropogenic aromatic hydrocarbon, to hydroxyl radical,
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which initiated photo-oxidation and led to the formation of semi-volatile oxygenated organic
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compounds. Since the concentration of hydroxyl radical was constant, the reaction of p-xylene
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was governed by pseudo-first-order kinetics, and the product concentrations increased
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exponentially. Once the products saturated the gas phase, they began partitioning onto the soot
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aggregates as SOA, leading to exponential growth in particle mass. To facilitate comparisons
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between aggregates from different sources and of different initial mobility diameters, we divide
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mobility diameters and masses by their initial values to give diameter and mass growth factors,
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Gfd and Gfm, respectively. Typical trends in diameter and mass growth factors are shown in
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Figure S4 for initially 100 nm aggregates from both the inverted burner and the diesel generator.
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As shown in Figure S4b, the mass of the coated-denuded aggregates was constant throughout the
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experiment, indicating that the thermo-denuder temperature (300 °C) was high enough to
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evaporate all the SOA coating. (The thermo-denuder likely also affected the physical properties
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of the SOA coatings before evaporation; in a future study, we will investigate the role of SOA
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coating viscosity, in particular, under a variety of relative humidity conditions.) As shown in
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Figure S4a, the diameter of the coated-denuded aggregates from the generator decreases more
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than that of the aggregates from the burner, a first indication that the morphological evolution of
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soot aggregates from different sources varies.
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The evolution of aggregate morphology occurs in three stages that can be identified, for
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example, in Figure 3, which depicts effective densities and shape factors versus mass growth
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factor for initially 250 nm aggregates from the two burners. In the first stage, the particles
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become denser as coating mass increases, but the core soot aggregates retain their initial
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morphologies. This induction period is not captured by an earlier exponential model derived
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from experiments with a lower coating mass resolution.14 In the second stage, commencing at a
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mass growth factor of about 1.5, the soot aggregates begin to restructure under the influence of
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the SOA coating. The final stage commences at a mass growth factor of about five, and the
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effective density of the coated-denuded soot plateaus at approximately 0.6 g cm-3, which is
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considerably lower than the material density of soot. The shape factors of the coated particles
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continue to decrease with increasing coating mass before reaching unity at a mass growth factor
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of approximately 10, indicating that a thickly-coated spherical particle is then present. Despite
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the initial difference in the shape factors of the coated-denuded aggregates from the two burners,
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they both plateau at approximately 1.8, which implies that the restructured soot is not spherical,
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consistent with the final effective density.
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In one experiment, significantly greater coating masses were applied to initially 150 nm
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aggregates from the inverted burner. As shown in Figure S5, a mass growth factor of over 30 is
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reached. As discussed above, at a mass growth factor of approximately 10, the shape factor of
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the coated particles plateau, and the effective density ceases to increase. As the mass growth
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factor continues to increase, the shape factor is of course constant, but the effective density
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exhibits a slight decrease, because the mass fraction of the soot, which is denser than the SOA
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coating, decreases significantly. The asymptote corresponds to the material density of the SOA
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coating.
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To compare the evolution of soot aggregates from all three sources, we must consider
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smaller aggregates, because too few 250 nm aggregates are produced by the diesel generator to
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allow classification and injection into the smog chamber. Accordingly, trends in effective
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densities and shape factors versus mass growth factor are shown in Figure 4 for initially 100 nm
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aggregates from the three sources. As noted above for the 250 nm aggregates, restructuring
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began at a mass growth factor of about 1.5. For aggregates from the two burners, restructuring
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continued until the mass growth factor reached about three, at which point the effective densities
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and shape factors of the coated-denuded particles plateaued. In contrast, the aggregates from the
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diesel generator continued to restructure until the mass growth factor reached a value of
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approximately six. The initial effective densities of aggregates from the McKenna and inverted
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lower (~ 0.4 g cm-3). Despite the difference in initial effective densities, the coated diesel
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aggregate effective densities increase less rapidly to approximately 1.4 g cm-3 than those of the
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other aggregates. When restructuring is complete, the coated-denuded aggregates from the
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diesel aggregates plateau at an effective density of 0.6 g cm-3. The shape factors of the coated
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aggregates from the burners converge to unity at a mass growth factor of approximately four,
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while that of the diesel aggregates converge at mass growth factors closer to 10.
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Despite the above differences between 100 nm aggregates from the burners and the diesel
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generator, the evolution of initially 100 nm aggregates from the diesel generator is remarkably
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similar to that of initially 200 nm aggregates from the burners, as depicted in Figure S6. In both
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cases, aggregates cease restructuring at a mass growth factor of six, and coated particles reach
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sphericity at a mass growth factor of about 10. Interestingly, the 100 nm diesel aggregates and
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200 nm inverted burner aggregates comprise similar numbers of primary particles, 70 and 67,
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respectively (see Table S1), suggesting that restructuring is related to primary particle number.
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Final aggregate morphology. The compaction of coated-denuded aggregates can be
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visualized using representative TEM samples collected before and after the photo-oxidation
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stage of a typical experiment, shown in Figure 5a-b for initially 100 nm inverted burner
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aggregates. As shown in Figure 5c, the final diameter growth factor, the ratio of the final
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restructured aggregate mobility diameter to the initial aggregate mobility diameter, decreases for
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all three sources as a function of initial mobility diameter. However, at a given initial mobility
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diameter, the degree of restructuring varies significantly with the source of the soot. For
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example, at an initial mobility diameter of about 100 nm, aggregates from the diesel generator
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collapse appreciably (Gfd = 0.92), but those from the burners do not (Gfd = 0.99). Diesel and
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inverted burner aggregates initially 100 nm in mobility diameter comprise about 70 and 22
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primary particles, respectively; these estimates, based on the indirect method described above
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accommodates more restructuring. If we compare initially 100 nm diesel aggregates and initially
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200 nm inverted burner aggregates, as above, there is a striking similarity between the final
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diameter growth factors (0.92 compared to 0.90) and primary particle numbers (70 compared to
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number of primary particles, we consider here whether there is a systematic relationship between
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the final degree of restructuring and primary particle number. A plot of the final diameter growth
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factor as a function of the number of primary particles per aggregate (see Figure 5d) reveals an
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approximately linear relationship across the range of primary particle numbers within the data
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set, which is most relevant to ambient soot; this relationship may reflect the dilation symmetry of
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the fractal-like aggregates. If separate fits are performed for each source, all three are nearly
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identical, indicating that the source of the soot is important only to the extent that it dictates the
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size and number of primary particles. Note that the linear fits cannot be used for extrapolation, in
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the event the aggregates are composed of more than about 150 primary particles. Furthermore,
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aggregates with similar numbers of primary particles collapse to a similar extent at any given
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coating ratio, even before reaching the final morphology; for example, at mass growth factor of
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about five, 100 nm diesel aggregates and 200 nm inverted burner aggregates both collapse by
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about 6% of their initial mobility diameters. Consequently, if modelers know only the coating
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mass and the number of primary particles per aggregate for a given ambient sample, which can
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be derived from mass-mobility relationships that are known for many types of soot,33,48, they can
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predict the evolution of aggregate morphology. Since the extinction cross section of soot
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aggregates increases with compaction,18 the above fits may equip modelers to make better
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estimations of the evolution of the optical properties of soot aggregates.49
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inverted burner, and diesel generator, as shown in Figure 2b: 2.63, 2.68, and 2.23, respectively.
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well below three, indicating that indeed these aggregates were non-spherical when restructuring
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ceased. Further restructuring could occur if the surface tension of the coating increased; for
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example, coatings of glycerol (64 mN m-1 at 20 °C) have been shown to result in final mass-
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mobility exponents of three for aggregates generated by the McKenna burner.31 Consequently,
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the linear relationships reported here, although accurate for the representative anthropogenic
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SOA coating, could change for coatings of higher surface tension. In the atmosphere, the surface
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tension of SOA may increase via uptake of water at high relative humidity or other
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atmospherically-relevant species, such as sulfuric acid.50,10 Furthermore, photo-chemical aging
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and the attendant increase in the oxygen-to-carbon ratio of the SOA, may also increase the
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surface tension and will certainly increase the hygroscopicity.51
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Figures of representative size distributions, volatile mass fractions and initial effective
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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This project was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada through the
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Federal Department of the Environment and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
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Council of Canada (NSERC). We thank René Zepeda for assisting in the use of the TPS. E.G.S.
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thanks NSERC and Environment Canada for scholarships. W.J. holds a Tier I Canada Research
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