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Product distribution, kinetics, and aerosol formation from the OH oxidation of dimethyl sulfide under different RO.sub.2 regimes

Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 2022-12, Vol.22 (24) [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2022 Copernicus GmbH ;ISSN: 1680-7316 ;EISSN: 1680-7324

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  • Title:
    Product distribution, kinetics, and aerosol formation from the OH oxidation of dimethyl sulfide under different RO.sub.2 regimes
  • Author: Ye, Qing ; Goss, Matthew B ; Krechmer, Jordan E ; Majluf, Francesca ; Zaytsev, Alexander ; Li, Yaowei ; Roscioli, Joseph R ; Canagaratna, Manjula ; Keutsch, Frank N ; Heald, Colette L ; Kroll, Jesse H
  • Subjects: Dimethyl sulfide ; Isomerization ; Oxidation-reduction reaction ; Physical instruments ; Sulfates
  • Is Part Of: Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 2022-12, Vol.22 (24)
  • Description: The atmospheric oxidation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) represents a major natural source of atmospheric sulfate aerosols. However, there remain large uncertainties in our understanding of the underlying chemistry that governs the product distribution and sulfate yield from DMS oxidation. Here, chamber experiments were conducted to simulate gas-phase OH-initiated oxidation of DMS under a range of reaction conditions. Most importantly, the bimolecular lifetime (Ï.sub.bi) of the peroxy radical CH.sub.3 SCH.sub.2 OO was varied over several orders of magnitude, enabling the examination of the role of peroxy radical isomerization reactions on product formation. An array of analytical instruments was used to measure nearly all sulfur-containing species in the reaction mixture, and results were compared with a near-explicit chemical mechanism. When relative humidity was low, "sulfur closure" was achieved under both high-NO (Ï.sub.bi 0.1 s) and low-NO (Ï.sub.bi 10 s) conditions, though product distributions were substantially different in the two cases. Under high-NO conditions, approximately half the product sulfur was in the particle phase, as methane sulfonic acid (MSA) and sulfate, with most of the remainder as SO.sub.2 (which in the atmosphere would eventually oxidize to sulfate or be lost to deposition). Under low-NO conditions, hydroperoxymethyl thioformate (HPMTF, HOOCH.sub.2 SCHO), formed from CH.sub.3 SCH.sub.2 OO isomerization, dominates the sulfur budget over the course of the experiment, suppressing or delaying the formation of SO.sub.2 and particulate matter. The isomerization rate constant of CH.sub.3 SCH.sub.2 OO at 295 K is found to be 0.13±0.03 s.sup.-1, in broad agreement with other recent laboratory measurements. The rate constants for the OH oxidation of key first-generation oxidation products (HPMTF and methyl thioformate, MTF) were also determined (kOH+HPMTF=2.1x10-11 cm.sup.3 molec..sup.-1 s.sup.-1, kOH+MTF=1.35x10-11 cm.sup.3 molec..sup.-1 s.sup.-1). Product measurements agree reasonably well with mechanistic predictions in terms of total sulfur distribution and concentrations of most individual species, though the mechanism overpredicts sulfate and underpredicts MSA under high-NO conditions. Lastly, results from high-relative-humidity conditions suggest efficient heterogenous loss of at least some gas-phase products.
  • Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1680-7316
    EISSN: 1680-7324
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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