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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2025-1028</article-id>
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<article-title>Potential contribution to secondary aerosols from benzothiazoles in the atmospheric aqueous phase based on oxidation and oligomerization mechanisms</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Qun</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhou</surname>
<given-names>Wei</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tang</surname>
<given-names>Shanshan</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Huang</surname>
<given-names>Kai</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fu</surname>
<given-names>Jie</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yu</surname>
<given-names>Zechen</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-0520</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Teng</surname>
<given-names>Yunhe</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shen</surname>
<given-names>Shuyi</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mei</surname>
<given-names>Yang</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Yang</surname>
<given-names>Xuezhi</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fu</surname>
<given-names>Jianjie</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jiang</surname>
<given-names>Guibin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou  310024, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>13</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>24</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Qun Zhang et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Benzothiazoles (BTs), widely used as vulcanization accelerators in the rubber industry, have frequently been identified in the atmosphere, especially in aeras with heavy traffic. BTs can undergo gas-phase oxidation in the atmosphere, which contributes to secondary aerosol mass. However, given their certain water-solubility atmospheric fate of BTs associated with aqueous-phase transformations are unclear. In this study, the reactions of benzothiazole (BT), 2-methylbenzothiazole (MBT), and 2-chlorobenzothiazole (CBT), with hydroxyl radicals (OH) were investigated. The rate constants of BT, MBT, and CBT reacted with OH radicals were determined to be (8.0 &amp;plusmn; 1.8), (7.6 &amp;plusmn; 1.7), and (7.6 &amp;plusmn; 1.9) &amp;times; 10&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt; M&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; at initial pH 2, and (9.7 &amp;plusmn; 2.7), (9.8 &amp;plusmn; 2.7), and (9.4 &amp;plusmn; 2.7) &amp;times; 10&lt;sup&gt;9&lt;/sup&gt; M&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; s&lt;sup&gt;-1&lt;/sup&gt; at initial pH 10, respectively. The nanoparticle tracing analysis (NTA) directly shows the formation of nanoparticles from the aqueous phase photooxidation of the selected BTs. Data analysis of liquid chromatography Orbitrap mass spectrometry (LC-Orbitrap MS) identifies many multifunctional oligomers. Changes in optical property support the formation of oligomers and suggest that the products have the potential to contribute to the atmospheric brown carbon. In addition, higher yields of sulfate are formed after illustration. It is highlighted that the aqueous-phase oxidation of BTs can contribute to the secondary aerosol mass in the ambient atmosphere, particularly in polluted regions where BTs concentrations are comparable to those of benzenes, potentially altering the chemical composition and optical properties of atmospheric particles.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
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