A. Kiendler et al., Positive ion chemistry in the exhaust plumes of an air craft jet engine and a burner: investigations with a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer, ATMOS ENVIR, 34(28), 2000, pp. 4787-4793
Using a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer detailed composition analysis
were made of positive ions in the exhaust of an air craft jet engine and o
f a jet fuel burner. For both scenarios complex organic ions with large mas
s numbers were most abundant. By employing the MS2-mode of the quadrupole i
on trap mass spectrometer mass selected trapped ions were intendently broke
n up and characteristic fragment ions were observed. The latter indicate th
at the parent ions contain hydrogen, carbon and oxygen which is indicative
of oxygenated hydrocarbons. This contrasts recent composition measurements
of negative ions in air craft jet engine exhaust made by our group which re
vealed that negative ions contain the inorganic acid H2SO4. Our present mea
surements support the view that positive ions in air craft jet engine exhau
st contain preferably organic molecules. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All
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