Research Article

Pollution Characteristics of Atmospheric Carbonyl Compounds in a Large City of Northern China

Table 4

Correlation of atmospheric carbonyl compounds in the summers of 2018 (top) and 2020 (bottom) in Jinan city.

Compound(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)

Formaldehyde (1)1.000
Acetaldehyde (2)0.5921.000
Acetone (3)0.2290.6441.000
Propionaldehyde (4)0.1430.5700.3671.000
Butyraldehyde (5)−0.1100.3850.8420.2271.000
Benzaldehyde (6)−0.318−0.1720.338−0.2670.4551.000
Isovaleraldehyde (7)−0.115−0.160−0.0080.0410.1450.5591.000
Valeraldehyde (8)0.1170.4220.2570.3060.518−0.087−0.6971.000
o-Tolualdehyde (9)−0.217−0.1450.3070.0010.2720.5440.328−0.2791.000
Hexaldehyde (10)0.5920.6070.2810.213∗∗0.294∗∗−0.259−0.3280.478−0.4561.000
Dimethylbenzaldehyde (11)0.3220.5010.1390.120−0.173−0.1850.2240.031−0.0460.1111.000
CO (12)0.3880.5300.3300.3900.088−0.313−0.4290.220−0.1590.2800.1761.000
Formaldehyde (1)1.000
Acetaldehyde (2)0.6771.000
Acetone (3)−0.2280.0491.000
Propionaldehyde (4)0.6580.650−0.0681.000
Butyraldehyde (5)0.2270.4400.5640.3051.000
Benzaldehyde (6)0.3190.5320.1710.4210.4361.000
Isovaleraldehyde (7)−0.0070.0500.024−0.0640.0650.2261.000
Valeraldehyde (8)0.2850.430−0.1760.449−0.2540.4330.2411.000
o-Tolualdehyde (9)0.1420.1210.1840.0530.0700.327−0.0330.4841.000
Hexaldehyde (10)−0.309−0.105−0.575−0.136−0.4150.1700.2230.6710.2441.000
Dimethylbenzaldehyde (11)0.0260.243−0.0920.213−0.2610.5900.2660.8880.3190.7291.000
CO (12)0.3130.339−0.1790.4460.170−0.0340.116−0.041−0.2800.459−0.1361.000

The boldface is used to emphasize the importance of these values as they represent higher correlation coefficient values and they have no additional meanings.