Photochemical formation rates of organic aerosols through time-resolved in situ laboratory measurements

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Aug 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003jgre..108.5092a&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 108, Issue E8, pp. 11-1, CiteID 5092, DOI 10.1029/2002JE002028

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Chemical Kinetic And Photochemical Properties, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Planetary Atmospheres (5405, 5407, 5409, 5704, 5705, 5707), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Instruments And Techniques, Planetary Sciences: Instruments And Techniques

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The fundamental kinetics of photochemical particle formation and the mechanism(s) for polymerization of hydrocarbons to form condensable species under anoxic conditions have yet to be determined experimentally. Thus these processes remain highly parameterized in models of planetary atmospheres. We have developed instrumentation for simultaneously measuring the net production rates of complex gas-phase hydrocarbons and of organic aerosols formed from irradiating mixtures of simple precursor gases through online quadrupole mass spectrometry measurements of stable gas-phase species and in situ optical scattering detection of the particulates at 633 nm. The new technique and results for the generation of hydrocarbon aerosol from the irradiation of pure, gas-phase CH4 at a pressure of 70 Torr with 8.8 +/- 0.8 × 1015 photons s-1 of vacuum ultraviolet light (120-300nm) are reported. The net production rates for the following gaseous species are measured: H2 = 9.9 +/- 2.2 . 1011, C2H2 = 2.8 +/- 0.5 . 1010, C2H4 = 5.5 +/- 9.4 . 109, C2H6 = 8.6 +/- 2.5 . 1010, C3H4 = 2.5 +/- 1.2 . 109, C4H2 = 6.6 +/- 5.0 . 108, C4H10 = 1.3 +/- 0.5 . 1010 cm-3 s-1. The production of hydrocarbon particulates is detected by optical scattering, and the condensed phase C-C bond formation rate is inferred to be 7.5 +/- 3.1 . 1011 cm-3 s-1. Applications of this technique to the atmospheres of Titan and terrestrial-like planets, such as the early Earth before the rise of molecular oxygen, are discussed.

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