%0 Journal Article %K indoor environment department %K indoor air quality %K ozone %K aerosols %K cleaning products %K condensation %K environmental chemistry %K exposure & risk group %K indoor and outdoor %K limonene %K nucleation %K secondary organic aerosol %K size distribution %K terpenes %A Beverly K Coleman %A Melissa M Lunden %A Hugo Destaillats %A William W Nazaroff %B Atmospheric Environment %D 2008 %G eng %N 35 %P 8234–8245 %R 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.031 %T Secondary organic aerosol from ozone-initiated reactions with terpene-rich household products %V 42 %8 11/2008 %X

We analyzed secondary organic aerosol (SOA) data from a series of small-chamber experiments in which terpene-rich vapors from household products were combined with ozone under conditions analogous to product use indoors. Reagents were introduced into a continuously ventilated 198 L chamber at steady rates. Consistently, at the time of ozone introduction, nucleation occurred exhibiting similar behavior to atmospheric events. The initial nucleation burst and growth was followed by a period in which approximately stable particle levels were established, reflecting a balance between new particle formation, condensational growth, and removal by ventilation. Airborne particles were measured with a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS, 10–400 nm) in every experiment and with an optical particle counter (OPC, 0.1–2.0 μm) in a subset. Parameters for a three-mode lognormal fit to the size distribution at steady state were determined for each experiment. Increasing the supply ozone level increased the steady-state mass concentration and yield of SOA from each product tested. Decreasing the air-exchange rate increased the yield. The steady-state fine-particle mass concentration (PM1.1) ranged from 10 to >300 μg m−3 and yields ranged from 5% to 37%. Steady-state nucleation rates and SOA mass formation rates were ∼10 cm−3 s−1 and ∼10 μg m−3 min−1, respectively.