Characterization of carboxylic acids in atmospheric aerosols using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Kitanovski, Zoran; Grgić, Irena; Veber, Marjan

doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2011.05.020

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“…In general, their molecular distributions are characterized by the predominance of oxalic acid (C 2 ), followed by malonic (C 3 ) and succinic (C 4 ) acids. LMW dicarboxylic acids have been reported in urban (Kawamura and Ikushima, 1993;Sempéré and Kawamura, 1994;Rohrl and Lammel, 2001;Wang et al, 2002;Yao et al, 2002;Rompp et al, 2006;Kitanovski et al, 2011), mountainous (Legrand et al, 2007), marine (Kawamura and Sakaguchi, 1999;Mochida et al, 2003a, b) and Arctic and Antarctic atmospheres (Kawamura et al, 1996a, b;Kerminen et al, 1999;Narukawa et al, 2002Narukawa et al, , 2003. In general, concentrations of LMW diacids were found to be higher in Asian cities and its coastal regions in the Asian Pacific region .…”

Section: K Kawamura Et Al: Water-soluble Diacids Ketoacids and α-Dmentioning

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High abundances of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls in the mountaintop aerosols over the North China Plain during wheat burning season

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Aerosol (TSP) samples were collected at the summit of Mount Tai (elevation: 1534 m a.s.l., 36.25° N, 117.10° E) located in the North China Plain using a high-volume air sampler and pre-combusted quartz filters. Sampling was conducted on day/night or 3 h basis in the period from 29 May to 28 June 2006 during the field burning of wheat straw residue and the post-burning season. The filter samples were analyzed for low-molecular-weight dicarboxylic acids, ketoacids and α-dicarbonyls using capillary gas chromatography (GC) and GC-MS employing water extraction and butyl ester derivatization. Molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids (C₂-C₁₁, 220–6070 ng m⁻³) were characterized by a predominance of oxalic (C₂) acid (105–3920 ng m⁻³) followed by succinic (C₄) or malonic (C₃) acid. Unsaturated aliphatic diacids, including maleic (M), isomaleic (iM) and fumaric (F) acids, were also detected together with aromatic diacids (phthalic, isophthalic and terephthalic acids). ω-oxocarboxylic acids (C₂-C₉, 24–610 ng m⁻³) were detected as the second most abundant compound class with the predominance of glyoxylic acid (11–360 ng m⁻³), followed by α-ketoacid (pyruvic acid, 3–140 ng m⁻³) and α-dicarbonyls (glyoxal, 1–230 ng m⁻³ and methylglyoxal, 2–120 ng m⁻³). We found that these levels (>6000 ng m⁻³ for diacids) are several times higher than those reported in Chinese megacities at ground levels. The concentrations of diacids increased from late May to early June, showing a maximum on 7 June, and then significantly decreased during the period 8–11 June, when the wind direction shifted from southerly to northerly. Similar temporal trends were found for ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls as well as total carbon (TC) and water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC). The temporal variations of water-soluble organics were interpreted by the direct emission from the field burning of agricultural wastes (wheat straw) in the North China Plain and the subsequent photochemical oxidation of volatile and semi-volatile organic precursors emitted from field burning as well as dark ozonolysis of volatile organic compounds and other organics, accretion reactions and oxidation of nonvolatile organics such as unsaturated fatty acids. This study demonstrates that the field burning of agricultural wastes in early summer strongly influenced the air quality of the free troposphere over the North China Plain

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High abundances of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls in the mountaintop aerosols over the North China Plain during wheat burning season

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“…Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS), although less quantitative, enables detection and identification of a broader range of analytes in complex mixtures. Kitanovski et al [70] reported a new approach for LC separation of carboxylic acids, which are commonly present in OA samples. In this study, hydrophilic interaction normal phase LC combined with electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI/MS) analysis was developed as a tool for separation and identification of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic carboxylic acids.…”

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Mass spectrometric approaches for chemical characterisation of atmospheric aerosols: critical review of the most recent advances

Laskin¹,

Laskin²,

Nizkorodov³

2012

Environ. Chem.

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Environmental context. Atmospheric aerosols have profound effects on the environment through several physicochemical processes, such as absorption and scattering of sunlight, heterogeneous gas-particle reactions and adverse effects on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Understanding aerosol atmospheric chemistry and its environmental impact requires comprehensive characterisation of the physical and chemical properties of particles. Results from mass spectrometry provide important new insights into the origin of atmospheric aerosols, the evolution of their physicochemical properties, their reactivity and their effect on the environment.Abstract. This manuscript presents an overview of the most recent instrument developments for the field and laboratory applications of mass spectrometry (MS) to investigate the chemistry and physics of atmospheric aerosols. A range of MS instruments, employing different sample introduction methods, ionisation and mass detection techniques are used both for 'online' and 'offline' characterisation of aerosols. Online MS techniques enable detection of individual particles with simultaneous measurement of particle size distributions and aerodynamic characteristics and are ideally suited for field studies that require high temporal resolution. Offline MS techniques provide a means for detailed molecular-level analysis of aerosol samples, which is essential to gain fundamental knowledge regarding aerosol chemistry, mechanisms of particle formation and atmospheric aging. Combined, complementary MS techniques provide comprehensive information on the chemical composition, size, morphology and phase of aerosols -data of key importance for evaluating hygroscopic and optical properties of particles, their health effects, understanding their origins and atmospheric evolution. Over the last few years, developments and applications of MS techniques in aerosol research have expanded remarkably as evident by skyrocketing publication statistics. The goal of this review is to present the most recent developments in the field of aerosol mass spectrometry for the time period of late 2010 to early 2012, which have not been conveyed in previous reviews.

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“…They were reported in the urban (Kawamura and Ikushima, 1993;Sempéré and Kawamura, 1994;Rohrl and Lammel, 2001;Wang et al, 2002;Yao et al, 2002;Rompp et al, 2006;Kitanovski et al, 2011), mountainous (Legrand et al, 2007), marine (Kawamura and Sakaguchi, 1999;Mochida et al, 2003a, b), and Arctic and Antarctic atmospheres (Kawamura et al, 1996a(Kawamura et al, , b, 2005Narukawa et al, 2002Narukawa et al, , 2003. Due to their water-soluble properties, diacids as well as ketoacids and α-dicarbonyls can act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and hence influence the Earth's radiative forcing and climate (Kawamura and Usukura, 1993;Saxena et al, 1995;Saxena and Hildemann, 1996).…”

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Distributions of low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids, ketoacids and α-dicarbonyls in the marine aerosols collected over the Arctic Ocean during late summer

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Abstract. Oxalic and other small dicarboxylic acids have been reported as important water-soluble organic constituents of atmospheric aerosols from different environments. Their molecular distributions are generally characterized by the predominance of oxalic acid (C 2 ) followed by malonic (C 3 ) and/or succinic (C 4 ) acids. In this study, we collected marine aerosols from the Arctic Ocean during late summer in 2009 when sea ice was retreating. The marine aerosols were analyzed for the molecular distributions of dicarboxylic acids as well as ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls to better understand the source of water-soluble organics and their photochemical processes in the high Arctic marine atmosphere. We found that diacids are more abundant than ketoacids and α-dicarbonyls, but their concentrations are generally low (< 30 ng m −3 ), except for one sample (up to 70 ng m −3 ) that was collected near the mouth of Mackenzie River during clear sky condition. Although the molecular compositions of diacids are in general characterized by the predominance of oxalic acid, a depletion of C 2 was found in two samples in which C 4 became the most abundant. Similar depletion of oxalic acid has previously been reported in the Arctic aerosols collected at Alert after polar sunrise and in the summer aerosols from the coast of Antarctica. Because the marine aerosols that showed a depletion of C 2 were collected under the overcast and/or foggy conditions, we suggest that a photochemical decomposition of oxalic acid may have occurred in aqueous phase of aerosols over the Arctic Ocean via the photo dissociation of oxalate-Fe (III) complex. We also determined stable carbon isotopic compositions (δ 13 C) of bulk aerosol carbon and individual diacids. The δ 13 C of bulk aerosols showed −26.5 ‰ (range: −29.7 to −24.7 ‰), suggesting that marine aerosol carbon is derived from both terrestrial and marine organic materials. In contrast, oxalic acid showed much larger δ 13 C values (average: −20.9 ‰, range: −24.7 ‰ to −17.0 ‰) than those of bulk aerosol carbon. Interestingly, δ 13 C values of oxalic acid were higher than C 3 (av. −26.6 ‰) and C 4 (−25.8 ‰) diacids, suggesting that oxalic acid is enriched with 13 C due to its photochemical processing (aging) in the marine atmosphere.

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Characterization of carboxylic acids in atmospheric aerosols using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Cited by 51 publications

References 47 publications

High abundances of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls in the mountaintop aerosols over the North China Plain during wheat burning season

High abundances of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls in the mountaintop aerosols over the North China Plain during wheat burning season

Mass spectrometric approaches for chemical characterisation of atmospheric aerosols: critical review of the most recent advances

Distributions of low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids, ketoacids and α-dicarbonyls in the marine aerosols collected over the Arctic Ocean during late summer

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