Measuring and modeling the composition and temperature-dependence of surface tension for organic solutions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-337

  Aumann, E ^a,b   Hildemann, L M ^b   Tabazadeh, A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud activation; Humic substances; Organic aerosol; Water soluble organic carbon (WSOC)

Indexed keywords

CLOUD ACTIVATION; CLOUD FORMATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION; MASS RATIO; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION VALUES; SZYSZKOWSKI EQUATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON; WILHELMY PLATE;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CAPILLARITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD COVER; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PARAMETERIZATION; SALT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 73749084033     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.033     Document Type: Article

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