Fast screening compositions of PM2.5 by ATR-FTIR： Comparison with results from IC and OC/EC analyzers  

作　　者：Xu Yu Wei Song Qingqing Yu Sheng Li Ming Zhu Yanli Zhang Wei Deng Weiqiang Yang Zhonghui Huang Xinhui Bi Xinming Wang 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization,Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China [2]Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xiamen 361021, China [3]Uniuersity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China [4]Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》2018年第9期76-88,共13页环境科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：funded by Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 41530641/41571130031);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB05010200);Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. QYZDJ-SSW-DQC032);Guangdong Provincial Scientific Planning project (Project No. 2016B050502005)

摘　　要：Chemical speciation of fine particles or PM2.5 collected on filters is still a cosily and time- consuming task. In this study, filter-based PM2.5 samples were collected during November-December 2013 at four sites in Guangzhou, and the major components were fast screened （~ 7 rain per filter sample） by Attenuated Total Reflectance （ATR）-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic （FTIR） in comparison with that measured by Organic carbon/Element carbon （OC/ EC） analyzer and Ion Chromatography （IC）. The concentrations of nitrate, ammonium, sulfate, primary organic carbon （POC） and secondary organic carbon （SOC） measured by OC/EC and IC analyzers were better correlated with their infrared absorption peak heights at 1320 cm 1 for nitrate, 1435, 3045 and 3215 cm^-1 for ammonium, 615 cm^-1 for sulfate, 690, 760 and 890 cm^-1 for POC and 1640 and 1660 cm^-1 for SOC respectively, during polluted days （PM2.5 〉 75 μg/m^3） than during clean days （PM2.5〈 75 μg/m^3）. With the evolution of a haze episode during our field campaign, the concentrations of the major PM2.5 components displayed consistent variations with their infrared absorption peak heights, suggesting ATR-FTIR could be a fast and useful technique to characterize filter-based PM2.5 compositions particularly during pollution events although cautions should be taken when PM2.5 levels are low. Notably, elevated PM2.5 mass concentrations occurred with enhanced ratios of [NO^-3][SO^2-4] and [NH^＋4]/[SO^2-4], implying that nitrogenous components play vital roles in the PM2.5 pollution events in the study region.Chemical speciation of fine particles or PM2.5 collected on filters is still a cosily and time- consuming task. In this study, filter-based PM2.5 samples were collected during November-December 2013 at four sites in Guangzhou, and the major components were fast screened （~ 7 rain per filter sample） by Attenuated Total Reflectance （ATR）-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic （FTIR） in comparison with that measured by Organic carbon/Element carbon （OC/ EC） analyzer and Ion Chromatography （IC）. The concentrations of nitrate, ammonium, sulfate, primary organic carbon （POC） and secondary organic carbon （SOC） measured by OC/EC and IC analyzers were better correlated with their infrared absorption peak heights at 1320 cm 1 for nitrate, 1435, 3045 and 3215 cm^-1 for ammonium, 615 cm^-1 for sulfate, 690, 760 and 890 cm^-1 for POC and 1640 and 1660 cm^-1 for SOC respectively, during polluted days （PM2.5 〉 75 μg/m^3） than during clean days （PM2.5〈 75 μg/m^3）. With the evolution of a haze episode during our field campaign, the concentrations of the major PM2.5 components displayed consistent variations with their infrared absorption peak heights, suggesting ATR-FTIR could be a fast and useful technique to characterize filter-based PM2.5 compositions particularly during pollution events although cautions should be taken when PM2.5 levels are low. Notably, elevated PM2.5 mass concentrations occurred with enhanced ratios of [NO^-3][SO^2-4] and [NH^＋4]/[SO^2-4], implying that nitrogenous components play vital roles in the PM2.5 pollution events in the study region.

关 键 词：ATR-FTIR Fine particles （PM2.5） Haze episode Sulfate Nitrate Ammonium Organic carbon 

分 类 号：X513[环境科学与工程—环境工程] TQ658.3[化学工程—精细化工]