Surface tension of atmospheric wet aerosol and cloud/fog droplets in relation to their organic carbon content and chemical composition

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 4853-4857

  Facchini, Maria Cristina ^a   Decesari, Stefano ^a   Mircea, Mihaela ^a   Fuzzi, Sandro ^a   Loglio, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Ist Sci Dell'atmosfera D   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloud chemistry; Organic aerosol; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DROP FORMATION; FOG; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION;

ATMOSPHERIC WET AEROSOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; WATER;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; FOG; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE TENSION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLOUD; FOG; FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE TENSION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0034283462     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00237-5     Document Type: Article

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