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SUMMARY:Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere:  From Birmingham to Borneo - D
 r Jacqueline Hamilton\, Department of Chemistry\, University of York.
DTSTART:20090511T131500Z
DTEND:20090511T141500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Francis Pope
DESCRIPTION:Organic aerosols in the atmosphere are one of the largest unce
 rtainties in trying to predict climate change.  Their formation processes 
 are poorly understood and recent evidence has shown that even volatile com
 pounds not expected to have a role in particle formation may be a signific
 ant source of secondary organic aerosols. One of the difficulties in tryin
 g to study SOA is the huge number of compounds present.  This talk will hi
 ghlight some of our recent advances in understanding aerosol formation\, p
 roperties and sources using state of the art chromatographic techniques.  
 We have simulated organic aerosol  in smog chambers and compared this to u
 rban\, marine and tropical environments using high resolution two dimensio
 nal gas chromatography (GCXGC) and liquid chromatography coupled to mass s
 pectrometry (LC-MS).  
LOCATION:Unilever Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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