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Oxalic acid as a heterogeneous ice nucleus in the upper troposphere and its indirect aerosol effect
(2006)Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsHeterogeneous ice freezing points of aqueous solutions containing various immersed solid dicarboxylic acids (oxalic, adipic, succinic, phthalic and fumaric) have been measured with a differential scanning calorimeter. The results show that only the dihydrate of oxalic acid (OAD) acts as a heterogeneous ice nucleus, with an increase in freezing temperature between 2 and 5 K depending on solution composition. In several field campaigns, ...Journal Article -
Internal mixing of the organic aerosol by gas phase diffusion of semivolatile organic compounds
(2004)Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsThis paper shows that most of the so far identified constituents of the tropospheric organic particulate matter belong to a semivolatile fraction for which gas phase diffusion in the lower troposphere is sufficiently fast to establish thermodynamic equilibrium between aerosol particles. For the first time analytical expressions for this process are derived. Inspection of vapor pressure data of a series of organic substances allows a rough ...Journal Article