Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5977-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-5977-2020
Research article
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20 May 2020
Research article |  | 20 May 2020

Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols in Singapore: insight from black carbon fragments and trace metal ions detected by a soot particle aerosol mass spectrometer

Laura-Hélèna Rivellini, Max Gerrit Adam, Nethmi Kasthuriarachchi, and Alex King Yin Lee

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This work highlights that trace metals and refractory black carbon (rBC), and their inclusion in a source–receptor model, can provide important insight into the source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols. In Singapore, we evidenced that 90 % of rBC originated from traffic/industrial emissions. The association of aged OA with K and Rb underlines the influence of regional biomass burning sources, while rBC fragmentation patterns and V/Ni were used to identify industrial and shipping pollutants.
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