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. 2023 Aug 2;7(8):1578–1591. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00161

Table 1. H/C, O/C, Percent Aliphatic (% Aliph.), Percent Aromatic (% Arom.), Percent Lipid-Like (% Lipid-Like), Percent Secondary Organic Aerosol Like (% SOA-Like), Percent Surfactant-Like (% Surf-Like), and Minimum Surface Tension (ST Min.) Measured for Organics Extracted from Particles in the Three Air Mass Source Regions, as a Function of Particle Diameter Range and for the Average (Avg.) of the Submicron and Supermicron Particle Diameters.

  <0.18 μm 0.18–0.32 μm 0.32–0.56 μm 0.56–1.0 μm 1.0–1.8 μm 1.8–3.2 μm 3.2–5.6 μm 5.6–10 μm 10–18 μm >18 μm submicron avg. supermicron avg.
Marine Influenced
H/C 1.48 1.40 1.44 1.44 1.39 1.44 1.38 1.46 1.39 1.41 1.44 1.41
O/C 0.31 0.32 0.31 0.30 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.31 0.33 0.31 0.31
% aliph. 36 35 34 38 31 37 34 35 29 46 36 35
% arom. 15 23 20 21 24 19 24 17 20 22 20 21
% lipid-like 30 28 29 29 28 29 27 28 24 26 29 27
% SOA-like 9 9 10 8 7 10 7 9 11 8 9 9
% surf-like 68 64 65 68 68 62 66 62 63 63 66 64
ST min. 36.0 36.8 34.8 39.5 38.9 48.3 37.5 43.9 43.2 41.6 36.8 42.2
Mixed
H/C 1.55 1.55 1.52 1.56 1.49 1.58 1.49 1.55 1.53 1.55 1.55 1.53
O/C 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.27 0.30 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.27 0.30
% aliph. 39 38 34 41 33 41 33 38 39 39 38 37
% arom. 11 10 12 9 16 9 16 11 12 10 10 12
% lipid-like 40 36 30 34 27 41 24 32 33 30 36 31
% SOA-like 8 8 9 6 10 7 8 10 8 6 8 8
% surf-like 74 69 69 73 71 72 68 69 69 66 72 69
ST min. 38.5 42.7 40.3 40.0 45.9 37.9 38.3 38.6 41.8 42.3 40.4 40.8
Continental Influenced
H/C 1.53 1.49 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.45 1.50 1.46 1.43 1.47 1.49 1.47
O/C 0.32 0.31 0.37 0.29 0.30 0.32 0.27 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.32
% aliph. 38 37 33 37 36 29 36 35 29 33 36 33
% arom. 11 13 16 16 15 16 14 15 19 14 14 15
% lipid-like 26 23 16 28 22 21 31 23 17 21 23 23
% SOA-like 12 12 14 8 10 11 6 14 10 9 12 10
% surf-like 64 63 53 67 66 63 73 63 60 66 62 65