TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of atmospheric iron speciation and acid processing at metropolitan newark on the us east coast
AU - Xu, Guojie
AU - Gao, Yuan
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PY - 2017/3/24
Y1 - 2017/3/24
N2 - To characterize atmospheric dissolved iron over Newark, a large metropolitan city on US east coast, size-segregated (0.056-18 μm in aerodynamic diameter) aerosols were collected in downtown Newark, New Jersey during August to October 2012. Aerosols samples were analyzed for Fe(II) and total dissolved iron (Fe(TD)) by UV/Visible spectroscopy, and water soluble compounds were analyzed by ion chromatograph (IC). Results from this study showed that Fe(II) concentrations were 2.1 ng m-3 (range: 1.2-4.2 ng m-3), Fe(TD) concentrations were 2.4 ng m-3 (range: 1.3-4.9 ng m-3). Dissolved iron (Fe(II) and Fe(TD)) in general appeared as bi-modal size distribution, was mainly accumulated in the fine mode. The highest concentration of dissolved iron displayed in the fine mode, which was associated with high concentrations of sulfate, oxalate and nitrate, suggesting the potential for Fe-acids interactions. Dissolved iron presented positive correlations with sulfate in the coarse mode, and with nitrate in the fine mode, further suggesting the importance of acid processing in aerosol iron solubility. However, as the oxalate concentration was so low, a good correlation between dissolved iron and oxalate in both the fine and coarse mode was not found.
AB - To characterize atmospheric dissolved iron over Newark, a large metropolitan city on US east coast, size-segregated (0.056-18 μm in aerodynamic diameter) aerosols were collected in downtown Newark, New Jersey during August to October 2012. Aerosols samples were analyzed for Fe(II) and total dissolved iron (Fe(TD)) by UV/Visible spectroscopy, and water soluble compounds were analyzed by ion chromatograph (IC). Results from this study showed that Fe(II) concentrations were 2.1 ng m-3 (range: 1.2-4.2 ng m-3), Fe(TD) concentrations were 2.4 ng m-3 (range: 1.3-4.9 ng m-3). Dissolved iron (Fe(II) and Fe(TD)) in general appeared as bi-modal size distribution, was mainly accumulated in the fine mode. The highest concentration of dissolved iron displayed in the fine mode, which was associated with high concentrations of sulfate, oxalate and nitrate, suggesting the potential for Fe-acids interactions. Dissolved iron presented positive correlations with sulfate in the coarse mode, and with nitrate in the fine mode, further suggesting the importance of acid processing in aerosol iron solubility. However, as the oxalate concentration was so low, a good correlation between dissolved iron and oxalate in both the fine and coarse mode was not found.
KW - Acid processing
KW - Iron speciation
KW - Particle size
KW - Water soluble compounds
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U2 - 10.3390/atmos8040066
DO - 10.3390/atmos8040066
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017397734
SN - 2073-4433
VL - 8
JO - Atmosphere
JF - Atmosphere
IS - 4
M1 - 66
ER -