Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Concentration in San
Joaquin Valley
Benjamin Nault
SARP 2010
Senior Chemistry Major,
Purdue University
Why San Joaquin Valley?
OH• + RH R• + H2O
R• + O2 RO2 •
RO2 • + NO RO • + NO2
RO • + O2 carbonyl + HO2
HO2 + NO OH • + NO2
NO2 + hv NO + O(3P)
O(3P) + O2 + M O3 + M
Experimental Procedure
Draw in baselines
Find area of standard (of known mixing ratio
(MR))
Response Factor (RF) = areastnd/MRstnd
τ = 1/e = 1/kI[i]*time
σ(ln(xi)) = A* τ i-b
Determination of [OH]
Jobson 1994
Derivation of Jobson Method (Jobson
1998)
At low variability, σ(ln(xi)) = RSD, but for high
variability, σ(ln(xi)) gives simpler behavior
ln(Xi/Xi0) = - t / τ
σ y = σ(ln(xi)) = (1/ τ) * σ t
Other Plots
Lifetime
4000000
10.84837 Ethane (E)
0.32252 Ethene (E)
2.526291 Propane (B/E)
0.097568 Propene (E)
1.32801 i-Butane (B/E)
1.188886 n-Butane (B/E)
0.616576 n-Pentane (B/E)
0.541654 n-Hexane (E)
2.343097 Benzene (E)
0.184381 Acetaldhyde
8.711211 Acetone
0.616576 i-Pentane
0.541654 2-Methylpentane
0.541654 3-Methylpentane
0.528785 Toluene
12.05633 CO