TY - BOOK
T1 - Investigation into the atmospheric degradation of alpha-phellandrene: A computational, experimental and modelling study.
AU - Mackenzie-Rae, Felix Alexander
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Monoterpenes (C10H16) account for a significant fraction of nonmethane hydrocarbons emitted into the atmosphere, playing an important role in tropospheric chemistry with impacts on both climate and human health. In this thesis the tropospheric decomposition of one of the most reactive monoterpenes, a-phellandrene, which is primarily emitted by eucalypts, is examined in detail for the first time. Characterisation is achieved through the use of high-level computational chemistry, 24 smog chamber experiments (ozonalysis, NO2, photooxidation), and explicit chemical mechanism construction and evaluation against the experimental dataset. The multifaceted approach thus provides the first comprehensive description of the tropospheric degradation of a-phellendrene.
AB - Monoterpenes (C10H16) account for a significant fraction of nonmethane hydrocarbons emitted into the atmosphere, playing an important role in tropospheric chemistry with impacts on both climate and human health. In this thesis the tropospheric decomposition of one of the most reactive monoterpenes, a-phellandrene, which is primarily emitted by eucalypts, is examined in detail for the first time. Characterisation is achieved through the use of high-level computational chemistry, 24 smog chamber experiments (ozonalysis, NO2, photooxidation), and explicit chemical mechanism construction and evaluation against the experimental dataset. The multifaceted approach thus provides the first comprehensive description of the tropospheric degradation of a-phellendrene.
KW - alpha-phellendrene
KW - volatile organic compound
KW - smog chamber
KW - Atmospheric chemistry
KW - chemical mechanism
KW - SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL
U2 - 10.4225/23/5a714fe749d91
DO - 10.4225/23/5a714fe749d91
M3 - Doctoral Thesis
ER -