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@PHDTHESIS{RodriguezBares:31594,
author = {Rodriguez Bares, Sonia},
title = {{U}ntersuchungen zur {O}zonolyse einfacher {A}lkene in der
{A}tmosphären-{S}imulationskammer {SAPHIR}},
volume = {4040},
issn = {0944-2952},
school = {Univ. Köln},
type = {Dr. (Univ.)},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek,
Verlag},
reportid = {PreJuSER-31594, Juel-4040},
series = {Berichte des Forschungszentrums Jülich},
pages = {XII, 193 p.},
year = {2003},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012; Köln, Univ., Diss.,
2003},
abstract = {The ozonolysis, that is, the oxidation with O$_{3}$, is one
of the most important removal pathways for alkenes in the
troposphere. The ozonolysis competes with the removal of
alkenes through the reaction with OH-radicals during the day
and through the reaction with NO$_{3}$ during the night. The
mechanism of the gas-phase ozonolysis is as yet not fully
understood. It is suspected that during ozonolysis beside
different stable products OH and HO$_{2}$ radicals are also
formed, which play an important role in the tropospheric
chemistry. The scope of this work was to find an answer to
this and other questions related to the ozonolysis and to
discuss their relevance within the tropospheric chemistry.
Short chained alkenes (C$_{n}$ with n < 5) are the main
components of the total alkenes in urban regions. Past
investigations were carried out with reactant concentrations
within the ppmv range. These values are clearly much higher
than the concentrations found in the troposphere. The
question arises wether the observations at high
concentrations would apply to the lower tropospheric ppbv
range. Within the scope of this work the ozonolysis of
C$_{2}$ to C$_{4}$ alkenes with reactant concentrations
between 20 ppbv and 200 ppbv were investigated. The
atmospheric simulation chamber SAPHIR in the Research Center
in Jülich, Germany, was used for this purpose. Experiments
with CO as radical scavenger were carried out to determine
the rate constants of the ozonolysis of the investigated
alkenes. The results fell within the range presented in the
literatur. The time profile of the ozonolysis reactions were
in excellent agreement with the expected kinetics, which
cancels the likelihood of any interfering chemical
processes. The yields for OH and HO$_{2}$ radicals of the
investigated alkenes was determined. The yield of OH
obtained illustrated a water dependence not previously
mentioned in literatur. This work produced also the first
determinations for the HO$_{2}$ yields, which exceeded a
value of 1.0 for the most alkenes, contradicting an assumed
value of 0.2 used in models. In addition the yields of
stable products such as HCHO, CH$_{3}$CHO and CO were also
determined. With Z-2-Buten a water dependence of the
CH$_{3}$CHO yield was also found. For some alkenes the
obtained yields of HCHO and CH$_{3}$CHO were greater than
found in previous experimental determinations. This clearly
points to additional unidentified reactions pathways leading
to HCHO and CH$_{3}$CHO. What was also proven was a CO
dependence of the yields of HO$_{2}$ and CH$_{3}$CHO. In
order to explain the former observations the standard
mechanism of the ozonolysis was modified. This modification
takes into consideration the competition between the
unimolecular decomposition of two different Criegee
Intermediates and their bimolecular reaction with either
water or CO. The water dependence of the OH yield would lead
to a lower OH concentration at night in dry regions as
compared to humid regions and consequently to a lower
overall removal of hydrocarbons. The importance of the
higher yields for HO$_{2}$ radicals was investigated using a
box model. The simulation showed for the first time that
higher HO$_{2}$ yields lead to higher HO$_{2}$
concentrations at night. The recombination of the HO$_{2}$
radicals and/or reactions with other peroxiradicals thus
result in higher H$_{2}$O$_{2}$ concentrations as well as
higher concentrations of organic peroxides than expected.},
cin = {ICG-II},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB48},
pnm = {Chemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11 / PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/31594},
}