title: The atmospheric aerosol-forming potential of whole gasoline vapor.
abstract: A series of sunlight-irradiated, smog-chamber experiments confirmed that the atmospheric organic aerosol formation potential of whole gasoline vapor cna be accounted for solely in terms of the aromatic fraction of the fuel. The total amount of secondary organic aerosol produced from the atmospheric oxidation of whole gasoline vapor can be represented as the sum of the contributions of the individual aromatic molecular constituents of the fuel. The urban atmospheric, anthropogenic hydrocarbon profile is approximated well by evaporated whole gasoline, and thus these results suggest that it is possible to model atmospheric secondary organic aerosol formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Odum
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Jungkamp
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Flagan
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seinfeld
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D005740:Gases; D005742:Gasoline; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012905:Smog; D013472:Sunlight
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D005740:Gases; D005742:Gasoline; D012905:Smog