Linking combustion-derived magnetite and black carbon; Insights from magnetic characterization of PM in downwind East Asia

アジア大陸下流における燃焼起源エアロゾルの磁気同定; 鉄ナノ粒子によるエアロゾルの光吸収増強の可能性

土屋 望*; 池盛 文数*; 川崎 一雄*; 山田 怜奈*; 畑 光彦*; 古内 正美*; 岩本 洋子*; 兼保 直樹*; 定永 靖宗*; 渡邊 隆広   ; 亀田 貴之*; 南 雅代*; 中村 俊夫*; 松木 篤*

Nozomu, Tsuchiya*; Ikemori, Fumikazu*; Kawasaki, Kazuo*; Yamada, Rena*; Hata, Mitsuhiko*; Furuuchi, Masami*; Iwamoto, Yoko*; Kaneyasu, Naoki*; Sadanaga, Yasuhiro*; Watanabe, Takahiro; Kameda, Takayuki*; Minami, Masayo*; Nakamura, Toshio*; Matsuki, Atsushi*

本研究では、能登地方で採取したPM2.5の磁気、安定炭素同位体比、放射性炭素、バイオマスバーニングの有機マーカー等を調査した。特に、磁気と炭素性物質の情報をもとにPM2.5発生源に関する新たな環境指標を提唱した。

Black carbon (BC) is a typical primary aerosol emitted from combustion. While its co-existence with iron oxides (FeO) has recently been reported, the extent of bias caused by FeO mixing to the BC observations is largely unknown. To identify the dominant FeO emission sources and associated overestimation of BC, magnetics properties of PM collected at a remote site in East Asia was investigated in combination with detailed isotopic and chemical analyses. Consequently, biomass burning events did not enhance aerosol magnetism as they did for the mass concentration of BC, whereas coal burning events coincided with periods of high magnetization. Therefore, magnetization/BC ratio is proposed as a highly selective indicator for identifying combustion sources (i.e. coal, oil or biomass burning).