Melting of H2SO4·4H2O particles upon cooling: Implications for polar stratospheric clouds

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5268, 1996, Pages 1638-1641

  Koop, Thomas ^a   Carslaw, Kenneth S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOUD FORMATION; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; SULPHURIC ACID TETRAHYDRATE;

EID: 0030480206     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5268.1638     Document Type: Article

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24. We thank B. Luo and T. Peter for helpful discussions and are grateful to L. Iraci and R. Zhang for sending us preprints of their work. This work formed part of the thesis of T.K. at the University of Mainz.