PMID- 31862076 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200507 LR - 20200507 IS - 1001-0742 (Print) IS - 1001-0742 (Linking) VI - 88 DP - 2020 Feb TI - Comparative study on water-soluble inorganic ions in PM(2.5) from two distinct climate regions and air quality. PG - 349-360 LID - S1001-0742(19)31467-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jes.2019.09.010 [doi] AB - Recently, air quality has significantly improved in developed country, but that issue is of concern in emerging megacity in developing country. In this study, aerosols and their precursor gas were collected by NILU filter pack at two distinct urban sites during the winter and summer in Osaka, Japan and dry and rainy seasons in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. The aims are to investigate the contribution of water-soluble inorganic ions (WSIIs) to PM(2.5), thermodynamic characterization and possible formation pathway of secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA). The PM(2.5) concentration in Osaka (15.8 mug/m(3)) is lower than that in HCMC (23.0 mug/m(3)), but the concentration of WSIIs in Osaka (9.0 mug/m(3)) is two times higher than that in HCMC (4.1 mug/m(3)). Moreover, SIA including NH(4)(+), NO(3)(-) and SO(4)(2-) are major components in WSIIs accounting for 90% and 76% (in molar) in Osaka and HCMC, respectively. Thermodynamic models were used to understand the thermodynamic characterization of urban aerosols. Overall, statistical analysis results indicate that very good agreement (R(2) > 0.8) was found for all species, except for nitrate aerosol in HCMC. We found that when the crustal species present at high amount, those compositions should be included in model calculation (i.e. in the HCMC situation). Finally, we analyzed the characteristics of NH(4)(+)- NO(3)(-)- SO(4)(2-) system. A possible pathway to produce fine nitrate aerosol in Osaka is via the homogeneous reaction between NH(3) and HNO(3), while non-volatile nitrate aerosols can be formed by the heterogeneous reactions in HCMC. CI - Copyright (c) 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Huy, Duong Huu AU - Huy DH AD - Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, 140 Le Trong Tan Street, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Electronic address: huydh@hufi.edu.vn. FAU - Thanh, Le Tu AU - Thanh LT AD - Faculty of Environment, University of Science, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. FAU - Hien, To Thi AU - Hien TT AD - Faculty of Environment, University of Science, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. FAU - Takenaka, Norimichi AU - Takenaka N AD - Graduate School of Humanities and Sustainable System Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 599-8531, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191021 PL - Netherlands TA - J Environ Sci (China) JT - Journal of environmental sciences (China) JID - 100967627 RN - 0 (Aerosols) RN - 0 (Air Pollutants) RN - 0 (Ions) RN - 0 (Particulate Matter) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) SB - IM MH - Aerosols MH - *Air Pollutants MH - *Air Pollution MH - China MH - Cities MH - *Environmental Monitoring MH - Ions MH - Japan MH - *Particulate Matter MH - Seasons MH - Vietnam MH - Water OTO - NOTNLM OT - PM(2.5) OT - Thermodynamic model OT - Water-soluble inorganic ions EDAT- 2019/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/08 06:00 CRDT- 2019/12/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/08 06:00 [medline] AID - S1001-0742(19)31467-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jes.2019.09.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Environ Sci (China). 2020 Feb;88:349-360. doi: 10.1016/j.jes.2019.09.010. Epub 2019 Oct 21.