FTIR studies of low temperature sulfuric acid aerosols

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May 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995georl..22.1105a&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 22, Issue 9, p. 1105-1108

Physics

31

Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud Physics And Chemistry, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere-Composition And Chemistry

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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to study low temperature sulfuric acid aerosols representative of global stratospheric sulfate aerosols (SSAs). Sub-micrometer sized sulfuric acid (H2SO4) particles were generated using a constant output atomizer source. The particles were then exposed to water vapor before being injected into a low temperature cell. Multipass transmission FTIR spectroscopy was used to determine the phase and composition of the aerosols as a function of time for periods of up to 5 hours. Binary H2SO4/H2O aerosols with compositions from 35 to 95 wt % H2SO4 remained liquid for over 3 hours at temperatures ranging from 189-240 K. These results suggest that it is very difficult to freeze SSAs via homogeneous nucleation. Attempts to form aerosols more dilute than 35 wt % H2SO4 resulted in ice formation.

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