Inorganic salts interact with oxalic acid in submicron particles to form material with low hygroscopicity and volatility

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5205-5215

  Drozd, G ^a   Woo, J ^a   Hakkinen S A K ^a,b   Nenes, A ^c   McNeill, V F ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYGROSCOPICITY; OXALIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SALT; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84901456609     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5205-2014     Document Type: Article

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