Berkeley study identifies diesel as main source of vehicular secondary organic aerosols
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2012
SOAs are tiny particles that are formed in air and make up typically 40% to 60% of the aerosol mass in urban environments. The use of petroleum-derived fuels is an important source of reactive gas-phase organic carbon that provides key precursors to the formation of secondary OA (SOA) and tropospheric ozone. —Gentner et al.
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