Strong evidence of surface tension reduction in microscopic aqueous droplets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Ruehl, C R ^a   Chuang, P Y ^b   Nenes, A ^c   Cappa, C D ^d   Kolesar, K R ^d   Goldstein, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE TENSION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AQUEOUS DROPLETS; ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; CLOUD PROPERTIES; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DROPLET SURFACES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; OZONOLYSIS; SURFACE TENSION REDUCTION; WATER-UPTAKE MEASUREMENTS;

DROPS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DROPLET; OZONE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 84870676434     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053706     Document Type: Article

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