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Particulate matter originated from traffic has attracted major interest over the last few years. The semi-volatile organic component of the particles may evaporate with dispersion away from the emission source, creating vapour which may oxidise to form secondary organic aerosol. Air samples were collected from a street canyon, the adjacent park and an urban background site during the winter-spring period in central London, UK. Emissions of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and intermediate volatility organic compounds (IVOCs) ranging from C to C in both the gas phase and particle phase were measured by using thermal desorption coupled to comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TD-GC × GC-ToF-MS). Main compound groups identified and quantified were grouped alkanes (n-alkanes and branched alkanes), monocyclic alkanes, bicyclic alkanes and monocyclic aromatics. The carbon preference index (CPI) of n-alkanes was estimated to distinguish the emission sources. Pearson correlations between I/SVOCs and traffic tracers (black carbon, NO and benzene) in different locations were compared to analyse the influence of this emission source. The res
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- Author
- Xu, Ruixin; Alam, Mohammed S.; Stark, Christopher; Harrison, Roy M.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV; Publons (ISSN 0048-9697)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)