Chemical ionisation mass spectrometer for measurements of OH and Peroxy radical concentrations in moderately polluted atmospheres |
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| Authors: | Alexandre Kukui Gérard Ancellet Georges Le Bras |
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| Institution: | (1) Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), CNRS, Verrières le Buisson, 91371, France;(2) Institut de Combustion, Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement (ICARE), CNRS, Orléans cedex 2, 45071, France |
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| Abstract: | A new version of an atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometer has been developed for ground based in situ
atmospheric measurements of OH and total peroxy (HO2 + organic peroxy) radicals. Based on the previously developed principle of chemical conversion of OH radicals to H2SO4 in reaction with SO2 and detection of H2SO4 using an ion molecule reaction with NO3─, the new instrument is equipped with a turbulent chemical conversion reactor allowing for measurements in moderately polluted
atmosphere at NO concentrations up to several ppb. Unlike other similar devices, where the primary NO3─ ions are produced using radioactive ion sources, the new instrument is equipped with a specially developed corona discharge
ion source. According to laboratory measurements, the overall accuracy and detection limits are estimated to be, respectively,
25% and 2 × 105 molecule cm-3 for OH and 30% and 1 × 105 molecule cm-3 for HO2 at 10 min integration times. The detection limit for measurements of OH radicals under polluted conditions is 5 × 105 molecules cm-3 at 10 min integration times. Examples of ambient air measurements during a field campaign near Paris in July 2007 are presented
demonstrating the capability of the new instrument, although with reduced performance due to the employment of non isotopic
SO2. |
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| Keywords: | Hydroxyl radical Peroxy radical Chemical ionisation mass spectrometer Atmospheric measurements |
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