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Project Code [2008-PhD-AQ-1]

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Project title

The Effect of Naphthalene Emissions on Air Quality

Primary Funding Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

University College Cork (UCC)

Lead Applicant

John Wenger

Project Abstract

Naphthalene is the most abundant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon detected in urban air and contributes to photochemical air pollution. In this project a detailed programme of laboratory experiments will be performed on the atmospheric degradation of naphthalene. The yield and chemical composition of secondary organic aerosol produced from these reactions will be investigated and new information on the atmospheric reactivity of the major oxidation products will also be obtained. This experimental data will be used to construct a validated chemical mechanism that can be used to predict the impact of naphthalene emissions on regional air quality.

Grant Approved

�95,000.00

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sinks, and Management Systems

Start Date

01/10/2008

Initial Projected Completion Date

01/10/2011