Rapid formation of sulfuric acid particles at near-atmospheric conditions

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5710, 2005, Pages 698-700

  Berndt, Torsten ^a   Böge, Olaf ^a   Stratmann, Frank ^a   Heintzenberg, Jost ^a   Kulmala, Markku ^b  

^a Leibniz Inst F T   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; IN SITU PROCESSING; NUCLEATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NEAR-ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; OH RADICALS; PARTICLE FORMATION;

SULFURIC ACID;

SULFURIC ACID;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GAS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 13244252215     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104054     Document Type: Article

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