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. 1997 Apr 4;276(5309):96-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.276.5309.96.

The atmospheric aerosol-forming potential of whole gasoline vapor

J R Odum  1 , T P Jungkamp, R J Griffin, R C Flagan, J H Seinfeld
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The atmospheric aerosol-forming potential of whole gasoline vapor

J R Odum et al. Science. .

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.

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