Abstract
Nitrate is one of the most abundant inorganic water-soluble ions in fine particulate matter (PM2.5). However, the formation mechanism of nitrate in the ambient atmosphere, especially the impacts of its semivolatility and the various existing forms of nitrogen, remain under-investigated. In this study, hourly ambient observations of speciated PM2.5 components (NO3-, SO42-, etc.) were collected in Tianjin, China. Source contributions were analyzed by PMF/ME2 (Positive Matrix Factorization using the Multilinear Engine 2) program, and pH were estimated by ISORROPIA-II, to investigate the relationship between pH and nitrate. Five sources (factors) were resolved: secondary sulfate (SS), secondary nitrate (SN), dust, vehicle and coal combustion. SN and pH showed a triangle-shaped relationship. When SS was high, the fraction of nitrate partitioning into the aerosol phase exhibits a characteristic "S-curve" relationship with pH for different seasons. An index ( ITL) is developed and combined with pH to explore the sensitive regions of "S-curve". Controlling the emissions of anions (SO42-, Cl-), cations (Ca2+, Mg2+, etc.) and gases (NO x, NH3, SO2, etc.) will change pH, potentially reducing or increasing SN. The findings of this work pro...Continue Reading
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