上海城区硝基芳香族化合物的化学组成及特征分析

Translated title of the contribution: Chemical Composition and Characterization of Nitroaromatic Compounds in Urban Areas of Shanghai

Lu Yang, Ying Ge Ma*, Jian Zhen Yu, Yu Hang Wu, Li Ping Qiao, Min Zhou, Shu Hui Zhu, Cheng Huang, Zhang Fa Tong*

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Abstract

The compositional characteristics, concentration of nitroaromatic compounds(NACs) in PM2. 5 in urban Shanghai, and their correlation with gaseous precursors were investigated. A total of 39 winter and 46 summer PM2. 5 samples from 2020 to 2021 were collected using a high-flow sampler and analyzed via ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ESI-Orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS). Quantitative analysis was performed on 12 NACs compounds, combined with backward trajectory meteorological elements, molecular composition, and classification analysis of CHON substances. The results showed that a total of 12 NACs had an average concentration in winter of 17. 1 ng.m - 3 , which was three times higher than that in summer(5. 7 ng.m - 3 ), mainly due to air masses in winter coming primarily from the northern part of China with more biomass burning, whereas more air masses in summer came from the cleaner southeastern ocean. 4-Nitrophenol was the most abundant species of NACs in winter, whereas 4-nitrophenol(clean days) and 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzoic acid(polluted days) were the most abundant species in summer. Qualitative analysis based on features such as aromatic ring equivalence number (Xc), O/ C, and H/ C values for the identification and characterization of monocyclic and polycyclic aromatic compounds showed that CHON compounds were mainly aromatic compounds in winter and summer in urban Shanghai. The number and abundance of CHON compounds detected on PM2. 5 polluted days were 2 and 1. 5 times higher(winter) and 2. 5 and 2 times higher(summer) than that on clean days, respectively. Comparing the analysis results of clean and polluted days in winter and summer, it was found that 80% of the CHON compounds with a relative abundance in the top 10 had O/ N≥3 and RDBE values between 5 and 8. The results suggest that these highly abundant CHON analogs may have had mononitro- or dinitro-substituted benzene rings. Correlation analysis between gaseous precursors and NACs indicated that oxidative reactive formation of VOCs(benzene, toluene, etc.) from anthropogenic emissions was the main source of NACs in summer. By contrast, it was influenced by a combination of biomass combustion emissions and secondary formation of oxidative NOx from anthropogenic VOCs in winter.

Translated title of the contributionChemical Composition and Characterization of Nitroaromatic Compounds in Urban Areas of Shanghai
Original languageChinese (Traditional)
Pages (from-to)6495-6507
Number of pages13
JournalHuanjing Kexue/Environmental Science
Volume44
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023

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Keywords

  • PM
  • backward trajectory
  • characteristic analysis
  • compositional characteristics
  • nitroaromatic compounds (NACs)
  • ultra-performance liquid chromatography-orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry (UPLC-Orbitrap-HRMS)

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