Atmospheric gas-particle partitioning versus gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs: Why they are not equivalent

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Atmospheric gas-particle partitioning versus gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs: Why they are not equivalent. / Glüge, Juliane; Bogdal, Christian; Scheringer, Martin et al.
In: Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 115, 08.2015, p. 317-324.

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title = "Atmospheric gas-particle partitioning versus gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs: Why they are not equivalent",
abstract = "Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) can be particle-bound or in the gas phase in the atmosphere, depending on the (temperature dependent) gas-particle partitioning of the chemicals and the fraction of particles in air. Several studies linked gas-particle partitioning of SVOCs in the atmosphere directly to the gaseous/particle-bound deposition of these chemicals, i.e. in cases of compounds occurring mainly in the gas phase, the deposition was also assumed to be mainly in gaseous form. In this study, we apply a multi-media fate model to point out that gas-particle partitioning of SVOCs in air and gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs are driven by different mechanism and, thus, cannot be deduced from each other. We apply our calculations to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as model SVOCs. We show that the fraction of particle-bound deposition to deciduous forest is 1.5-190 times higher in winter and between 5 and 1000 times higher in summer than the particle-bound fraction of these chemicals in air. The fraction of particle-bound deposition to coniferous forest is 1.5-172 times higher in winter and between 5 and 1000 times higher in summer than the particle-bound fraction of PCBs in air. In addition to the fractions of particle-bound SVOCs in air and particle-bound deposition, we recalculated particle-bound and gaseous deposition velocities to coniferous and deciduous forest for PCBs. The deposition velocities obtained for dry gaseous deposition (<1 m/h) are much lower than the existing values in the literature (10-200 m/h) because earlier studies assumed that for PCBs occurring predominantly in the gas phase, interception was also completely due to dry gaseous deposition.",
keywords = "Deposition, Forest, Gas-particle partitioning, Particle-bound, Polychlorinated biphenyls, Semi-volatile organic compounds, Chemistry, Sustainability Science",
author = "Juliane Gl{\"u}ge and Christian Bogdal and Martin Scheringer and Konrad Hungerb{\"u}hler",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.028",
language = "English",
volume = "115",
pages = "317--324",
journal = "Atmospheric Environment",
issn = "1352-2310",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",

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T1 - Atmospheric gas-particle partitioning versus gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs

T2 - Why they are not equivalent

AU - Glüge, Juliane

AU - Bogdal, Christian

AU - Scheringer, Martin

AU - Hungerbühler, Konrad

PY - 2015/8

Y1 - 2015/8

N2 - Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) can be particle-bound or in the gas phase in the atmosphere, depending on the (temperature dependent) gas-particle partitioning of the chemicals and the fraction of particles in air. Several studies linked gas-particle partitioning of SVOCs in the atmosphere directly to the gaseous/particle-bound deposition of these chemicals, i.e. in cases of compounds occurring mainly in the gas phase, the deposition was also assumed to be mainly in gaseous form. In this study, we apply a multi-media fate model to point out that gas-particle partitioning of SVOCs in air and gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs are driven by different mechanism and, thus, cannot be deduced from each other. We apply our calculations to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as model SVOCs. We show that the fraction of particle-bound deposition to deciduous forest is 1.5-190 times higher in winter and between 5 and 1000 times higher in summer than the particle-bound fraction of these chemicals in air. The fraction of particle-bound deposition to coniferous forest is 1.5-172 times higher in winter and between 5 and 1000 times higher in summer than the particle-bound fraction of PCBs in air. In addition to the fractions of particle-bound SVOCs in air and particle-bound deposition, we recalculated particle-bound and gaseous deposition velocities to coniferous and deciduous forest for PCBs. The deposition velocities obtained for dry gaseous deposition (<1 m/h) are much lower than the existing values in the literature (10-200 m/h) because earlier studies assumed that for PCBs occurring predominantly in the gas phase, interception was also completely due to dry gaseous deposition.

AB - Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) can be particle-bound or in the gas phase in the atmosphere, depending on the (temperature dependent) gas-particle partitioning of the chemicals and the fraction of particles in air. Several studies linked gas-particle partitioning of SVOCs in the atmosphere directly to the gaseous/particle-bound deposition of these chemicals, i.e. in cases of compounds occurring mainly in the gas phase, the deposition was also assumed to be mainly in gaseous form. In this study, we apply a multi-media fate model to point out that gas-particle partitioning of SVOCs in air and gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs are driven by different mechanism and, thus, cannot be deduced from each other. We apply our calculations to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as model SVOCs. We show that the fraction of particle-bound deposition to deciduous forest is 1.5-190 times higher in winter and between 5 and 1000 times higher in summer than the particle-bound fraction of these chemicals in air. The fraction of particle-bound deposition to coniferous forest is 1.5-172 times higher in winter and between 5 and 1000 times higher in summer than the particle-bound fraction of PCBs in air. In addition to the fractions of particle-bound SVOCs in air and particle-bound deposition, we recalculated particle-bound and gaseous deposition velocities to coniferous and deciduous forest for PCBs. The deposition velocities obtained for dry gaseous deposition (<1 m/h) are much lower than the existing values in the literature (10-200 m/h) because earlier studies assumed that for PCBs occurring predominantly in the gas phase, interception was also completely due to dry gaseous deposition.

KW - Deposition

KW - Forest

KW - Gas-particle partitioning

KW - Particle-bound

KW - Polychlorinated biphenyls

KW - Semi-volatile organic compounds

KW - Chemistry

KW - Sustainability Science

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U2 - 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.028

DO - 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.028

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:84938093301

VL - 115

SP - 317

EP - 324

JO - Atmospheric Environment

JF - Atmospheric Environment

SN - 1352-2310

ER -

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