title: Physico-chemical characterization and source tracking of black carbon at a suburban site in Beijing.
abstract: Particles from ambient air and combustion sources including vehicle emission, coal combustion and biomass burning were collected and chemically pretreated with the purpose of obtaining isolated BC (black carbon) samples. TEM (transmission electron microscopy) results indicate that BC from combustion sources shows various patterns, and airborne BC appears spherical and about 50 nm in diameter with a homogeneous surface and turbostratic structure. The BET (Barrett-Emmett-Teller) results suggest that the surface areas of these BC particles fall in the range of 3-23 m2/g, with a total pore volume of 0.03-0.05 cm3/g and a mean pore diameter of 7-53 nm. The nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms are indicative of the accumulation mode and uniform pore size. O2-TPO (temperature programmed oxidation) profiles suggest that the airborne BC oxidation could be classified as the oxidation of amorphous carbon, which falls in the range of 406-490°C with peaks at 418, 423 and 475°C, respectively. Generally, the BC characteristics and source analysis suggest that airborne BC most likely comes from diesel vehicle emission at this site.
authors.affiliation: National Urban Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Techniques Research Center, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100037, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nan-jing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China. Electronic address: wanghailin@cee.cn.
authors.forename: Hailin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Urban Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Techniques Research Center, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: National Urban Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Techniques Research Center, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Meiping
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: National Urban Environmental Pollution Control Engineering Techniques Research Center, Beijing Municipal Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Minyan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Nano-materials, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. Electronic address: zpinghao@rcees.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zhengping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hao
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D010100:Oxygen; D053260:Soot / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D053260:Soot; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: Beijing; Black carbon; Characterization; Source emission