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- The nitrogen isotopic composition of nitrogen oxide (NOx) helps identify its sources and sinks, but many collection methods lack proper evaluation of efficiency and contamination.
- A new method using a hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydride solution achieves over 90% collection efficiency with a low blank and offers a reliable way to analyze nitrogen isotopic composition in a short time.
- The study found that vehicle exhaust is the primary source of NOx in the monitored areas of Yoyogi and Tsukuba in Japan, revealing average δ15N(NOx) values of (-2.7 ± 1.8) ‰ and (-1.7 ± 0.9) ‰, respectively.
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The nitrogen isotopic composition of nitrogen oxide (NOx) is useful for estimating its sources and sinks. Several methods have been developed to convert atmospheric nitric oxide (NO) and/or nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to nitrites and/or nitrates for collection. However, the collection efficiency and blanks are poorly evaluated for many collection methods. Here, we present a method for collecting ambient NOx (NO and NO2 simultaneously) with over 90% efficiency collection of NOx and low blank (approximately 0.5 μM) using a 3 wt% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and 0.5 M sodium hydride (NaOH) solution. The 1σ uncertainty of the nitrogen isotopic composition was ± 1.2 ‰. The advantages of this method include its portability, simplicity, and the ability to collect the required amount of sample to analyze the nitrogen isotopic composition of ambient NOx in a short period of time. Using this method, we observed the nitrogen isotopic compositions of NOx at the Tsukuba and Yoyogi sites in Japan. The averaged δ15N(NOx) value and standard deviation (1σ) in the Yoyogi site was (-2.7 ± 1.8) ‰ and in the Tsukuba site was (-1.7 ± 0.9) ‰ during the sampling period. The main NOx source appears to be the vehicle exhaust in the two sites.
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