ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

dc.creatorLavi, Avi
dc.creatorVermeuel, Michael P
dc.creatorNovak, Gordon A
dc.creatorBertram, Timothy H
dc.date2021-08-23T22:57:12Z
dc.date2022-07-07T02:39:20Z
dc.date2021-08-23T22:57:12Z
dc.date2022-07-07T02:39:20Z
dc.date2018
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-22T04:12:40Z
dc.date.available2023-08-22T04:12:40Z
dc.identifier1151430
dc.identifier1151430
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10533/251991
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8318632
dc.descriptionBenzene cluster cations are a sensitive and selective reagent ion for chemical ionization of select biogenic volatile organic compounds. We have previously reported the sensitivity of a field deployable chemical ionization time-offlight mass spectrometer (CI-ToFMS), using benzene cluster cation ion chemistry, for detection of dimethyl sulfide, isoprene and beta-pinene. Here, we present laboratory measurements of the sensitivity of the same instrument to a series of terpenes, including isoprene, alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, D-limonene, ocimene, beta-myrcene, farnesene, beta-humulene, beta-caryophyllene,and isolongifolene at atmospherically relevant mixing ratios (< 100 pptv). In addition, we determine the dependence of CI-ToFMS sensitivity on the reagent ion neutral delivery concentration and water vapor concentration. We show that isoprene is primarily detected as an adduct (C5H8 . C6H6+) with a sensitivity ranging between 4 and 10 ncps ppt(-1), which depends strongly on the reagent ion precursor concentration, de-clustering voltages, and specific humidity (SH). Monoterpenes are detected primarily as the molecular ion (C10H16+) with an average sensitivity, across the five measured compounds, of 14 +/- 3 ncps ppt(-1) for SH between 7 and 14 g kg(-1), typical of the boreal forest during summer. Sesquiterpenes are detected primarily as the molecular ion (C15H24+) with an average sensitivity, across the four measured compounds, of 9.6 +/- 2.3 ncps ppt(-1), that is also independent of specific humidity. Comparable sensitivities across broad classes of terpenes (e.g., monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes), coupled to the limited dependence on specific humidity, suggest that benzene cluster cation CI-ToFMS is suitable for field studies of biosphere-atmosphere interactions.
dc.descriptionRegular 2015
dc.descriptionFONDECYT
dc.descriptionFONDECYT
dc.languageeng
dc.relationhandle/10533/111557
dc.relationhandle/10533/111541
dc.relationhandle/10533/108045
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3251-2018
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.titleThe sensitivity of benzene cluster cation chemical ionization mass spectrometry to select biogenic terpenes
dc.titleATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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