Efflorescence upon humidification? X-ray microspectroscopic in situ observation of changes in aerosol microstructure and phase state upon hydration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3681-3689

  Pöhlker, Christopher ^a   Saturno, Jorge ^a   Krüger, Mira L ^a   Förster, Jan David ^a   Weigand, Markus ^b   Wiedemann, Kenia T ^c,d,e   Bechtel, Michael ^b   Artaxo, Paulo ^c   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosol microstructure; aerosol mixing and phase state; hydration cycle; X ray microspectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DRYING; EFFLORESCENCE; HYDRATION; MIXING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; X RAYS;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; PARTICLE MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE STATE; SULFATE SALTS; X-RAY MICROSPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; HYGROSCOPICITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; RAINFOREST; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84901384266     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059409     Document Type: Article

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