Combined Use of Optical and Electron Microscopic Techniques for the Measurement of Hygroscopic Property, Chemical Composition, and Morphology of Individual Aerosol Particles
- Authors
- Ahn, Kang-Ho; Kim, Sun-Man; Jung, Hae-Jin; Lee, Mi-Jung; Eom, Hyo-Jin; Maskey, Shila; Ro, Chul-Un
- Issue Date
- Oct-2010
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Keywords
- SEA-SALT AEROSOLS; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BALANCE; WATER ACTIVITIES; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; AMMONIUM-SULFATE; MINERAL DUST; DUST PARTICLES; X-RAY-MICROANALYSIS; LOW-TEMPERATURES
- Citation
- Analytical Chemistry, v.82, no.19, pp.7999 - 8009
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Analytical Chemistry
- Volume
- 82
- Number
- 19
- Start Page
- 7999
- End Page
- 8009
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/39466
- DOI
- 10.1021/ac101432y
- ISSN
- 0003-2700
- Abstract
- In this work, an analytical method for the characterization of the hygroscopic property, chemical composition, and morphology of individual aerosol particles is introduced. The method, which is based on the combined use of optical and electron microscopic techniques, is simple and easy to apply. An optical microscopic technique was used to perform the visual observation of the phase transformation and hygroscopic growth of aerosol particles on a single particle level. A quantitative energy-dispersive electron probe X-ray microanalysis, named low-Z particle EPMA, was used to perform a quantitative chemical speciation of the same individual particles after the measurement of the hygroscopic property. To validate the analytical methodology, the hygroscopic properties of artificially generated NaCl, KCl, (NH4)(2)SO4, and Na2SO4 aerosol particles of micrometer size were investigated. The practical applicability of the analytical method for studying the hygroscopic property, chemical composition, and morphology of ambient aerosol particles is demonstrated.
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