Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.3625d&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 24, p. 3625-3628
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Chemical Kinetic And Photochemical Properties, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Middle Atmosphere-Composition And Chemistry
Scientific paper
Room temperature surface tension measurements on the ternary system: nitric acid-sulfuric acid-water are reported. There is a dramatic decrease in the surface tension of sulfuric acid-water solutions as nitric acid is added. This decrease is most pronounced in the stratospherically-relevant range of sulfuric acid concentrations, between 50 and 75 wt% sulfuric acid. The surface tension decrease indicates a change in surface energy and surface composition and/or structure associated with partitioning of molecular HNO3 to the surface. The presence of HNO3 at the surface may be related to the reported changes in heterogeneous reactivity of sulfuric acid solutions when exposed to nitric acid.
Anderson Darren
Donaldson J. D.
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