Laboratory study of the effect of oxalic acid on the cloud condensation nuclei activity of mineral dust aerosol

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-130

  Gierlus, Kelly M ^a   Laskina, Olga ^a   Abernathy, Tricia L ^a   Grassian, Vicki H ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

CCN activity; Cloud chemistry; Mineral dust; Oxalic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; CALCITE PARTICLES; CALCIUM OXALATES; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; DUST PARTICLE; FIELD STUDIES; INSOLUBLE PARTICLES; LABORATORY STUDIES; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; MINERAL PARTICLES; MIXED PARTICLES; ORGANIC AEROSOL; OXALIC ACID; PARTICLE SURFACE; POLYSTYRENE LATEX SPHERES; REACTOR SYSTEMS; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COATINGS; CONDENSATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER ABSORPTION;

DUST;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXALIC ACID; POLYSTYRENE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; CALCITE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COATING; DUST; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERAL; MINERALOGY; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; MINERAL DUST; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 82955187508     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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