Do aerosols act as catalysts in the OH radical initiated atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds?

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 39-40, 2002, Pages 5947-5952

  Sorensen M ^a   Hurley, M D ^b   Wallington, T J ^b   Dibble, T S ^c   Nielsen, O J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemistry; Heterogeneous chemistry; OH radical kinetics; Relative rate method

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSTS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GAS KINETIC THEORY;

AEROSOLS;

ALCOHOL; DILUENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANOL; PARA XYLENE; PHENOL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYST; GAS ANALYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOG; THEORY;

EID: 2242440837     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00766-5     Document Type: Article

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