TY - JOUR
T1 - Sunlight-induced phototransformation of transphilic and hydrophobic fractions of Suwannee River dissolved organic matter
AU - Niu, Xi Zhi
AU - Harir, Mourad
AU - Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe
AU - Croué, Jean Philippe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Sunlight-induced chemical changes of both transphilic (SWR-TPH) and hydrophobic (SWR-HPO) fractions of Suwannee River dissolved organic matter (DOM) were followed by ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). Irradiated SWR-TPH exhibited increase of chemodiversity, loss of some aromatic compounds, and almost no change in terms of average values of m/z, O/C and double bond equivalents (DBE). Irradiated SWR-HPO showed decrease of chemodiversity, average values of m/z, O/C and DBE. Irradiation of SWR-HPO produced oxygenated (O/C > 0.7) and aliphatic new compounds and removed some aromatics and carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecules (CRAM). Comparatively, CHO-compounds of SWR-TPH were relatively stable with a minor class of aromatic compounds disappeared under sunlight irradiation. Photochemical processing of SWR-HPO generated highly oxygenated new compounds that were readily present in SWR-TPH, implying that sunlight changes the hydrophobicity of DOM and that SWR-HPO is a photochemical precursor for SWR-TPH. This study contributed to the developing knowledge on organic matter phototransformation, particularly the transformation pattern of SWR-TPH that was never described previously; it also demonstrated the role of sunlight in producing SWR-TPH compounds from SWR-HPO and consequently driving the transformation of organic matter.
AB - Sunlight-induced chemical changes of both transphilic (SWR-TPH) and hydrophobic (SWR-HPO) fractions of Suwannee River dissolved organic matter (DOM) were followed by ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS). Irradiated SWR-TPH exhibited increase of chemodiversity, loss of some aromatic compounds, and almost no change in terms of average values of m/z, O/C and double bond equivalents (DBE). Irradiated SWR-HPO showed decrease of chemodiversity, average values of m/z, O/C and DBE. Irradiation of SWR-HPO produced oxygenated (O/C > 0.7) and aliphatic new compounds and removed some aromatics and carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecules (CRAM). Comparatively, CHO-compounds of SWR-TPH were relatively stable with a minor class of aromatic compounds disappeared under sunlight irradiation. Photochemical processing of SWR-HPO generated highly oxygenated new compounds that were readily present in SWR-TPH, implying that sunlight changes the hydrophobicity of DOM and that SWR-HPO is a photochemical precursor for SWR-TPH. This study contributed to the developing knowledge on organic matter phototransformation, particularly the transformation pattern of SWR-TPH that was never described previously; it also demonstrated the role of sunlight in producing SWR-TPH compounds from SWR-HPO and consequently driving the transformation of organic matter.
KW - Dissolved organic matter characterisation
KW - FTICR-MS
KW - Phototransformation
KW - Sunlight irradiation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133737
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133737
M3 - Article
C2 - 31401506
AN - SCOPUS:85070207000
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 694
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 133737
ER -