Sara M Duncan1,2, Sophie Tomaz1, Glenn Morrison1, Marc Webb1, Joanna Atkin1, Jason D Surratt1, Barbara J Turpin1. 1. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States. 2. Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , New Brunswick , New Jersey 08901 , United States.
Abstract
Water-soluble organic gas (WSOG) concentrations are elevated in homes. However, WSOG sources, sinks, and concentration dynamics are poorly understood. We observed substantial variations in 23 residential indoor WSOG concentrations measured in real time in a North Carolina, U.S., home over several days with a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer equipped with iodide reagent ion chemistry (I-HR-ToF-CIMS). Concentrations of acetic, formic, and lactic acids ranged from 30-130, 15-53, and 2.5-360 μg m-3, respectively. Concentrations of several WSOGs, including acetic and formic acids, decreased considerably (∼30-50%) when the air conditioner (AC) cycled on, suggesting that the AC system is an important sink for indoor WSOGs. In contrast to nonpolar organic gases, indoor WSOG loss rate coefficients were substantial for compounds with high oxygen-to-carbon (O/C) ratios (e.g., 1.6-2.2 h-1 for compounds with O/C > 0.75 when the AC system was off). Loss rate coefficients in the AC system were more uncertain but were estimated to be 1.5 h-1. Elevated concentrations of lactic acid coincided with increased human occupancy and cooking. We report several WSOGs emitted from cooking and cleaning as well as transported in from outdoors. In addition to indoor air chemistry, these results have implications to exposure and human health.
Water-soluble organic pan class="Gene">gas (WSOG) concentrations are elevated in homes. However, WSOG sources, sinks, and concentration dynamics are poorly understood. We observed substantial variations in 23 residential indoor WSOG concentrations measured in real time in a North Carolina, U.S., home over several days with a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer equipped with iodide reagent ion chemistry (I-HR-ToF-CIMS). Concentrations of acetic, formic, and lactic acidsranged from 30-130, 15-53, and 2.5-360 μg m-3, respectively. Concentrations of several WSOGs, including acetic and formic acids, decreased considerably (∼30-50%) when the air conditioner (AC) cycled on, suggesting that the AC system is an important sink for indoor WSOGs. In contrast to nonpolar organic gases, indoor WSOG loss rate coefficients were substantial for compounds with high oxygen-to-carbon (O/C) ratios (e.g., 1.6-2.2 h-1 for compounds with O/C > 0.75 when the AC system was off). Loss rate coefficients in the AC system were more uncertain but were estimated to be 1.5 h-1. Elevated concentrations of lactic acid coincided with increased human occupancy and cooking. We report several WSOGs emitted from cooking and cleaning as well as transported in from outdoors. In addition to indoor air chemistry, these results have implications to exposure and human health.
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