Inside versus Outside: Ion Redistribution in Nitric Acid Reacted Sea Spray Aerosol Particles as Determined by Single Particle Analysis.

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TitleInside versus Outside: Ion Redistribution in Nitric Acid Reacted Sea Spray Aerosol Particles as Determined by Single Particle Analysis.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume135
Issue39
Pagination14528 - 14531
AuthorsAult, Andrew P., Timothy L. Guasco, Olivia S. Ryder, Jonas Baltrusaitis, Luis A. Cuadra-Rodriguez, Douglas B. Collins, Matthew J. Ruppel, Timothy H. Bertram, Kimberly A. Prather, and Vicki H. Grassian
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
ISBN Number0002-7863
Keywordsion redistribution sea spray aerosol particle nitric acid reaction, single particle analysis monitoring ion redistribution sea spray aerosol
Abstract

Single particle anal. of individual sea spray aerosol particles showed cations (Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+) within individual particles undergo a spatial redistribution following heterogeneous reaction with HNO3, along with development of a more concd. layer of org. matter at the particle surface. These data suggested specific ion and aerosol pH effects play an important role in aerosol particle structure in ways not previously recognized. [on SciFinder(R)]