Articles | Volume 10, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-2631-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-2631-2010
18 Mar 2010
 | 18 Mar 2010

Homogeneous nucleation of sulfuric acid and water mixture: experimental setup and first results

D. Brus, A.-P. Hyvärinen, Y. Viisanen, M. Kulmala, and H. Lihavainen

Related subject area

Subject: Aerosols | Research Activity: Laboratory Studies | Altitude Range: Troposphere | Science Focus: Physics (physical properties and processes)
Microphysics of liquid water in sub-10 nm ultrafine aerosol particles
Xiaohan Li and Ian C. Bourg
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 2525–2556, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2525-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2525-2023, 2023
Short summary
Comparing the ice nucleation properties of the kaolin minerals kaolinite and halloysite
Kristian Klumpp, Claudia Marcolli, Ana Alonso-Hellweg, Christopher H. Dreimol, and Thomas Peter
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 1579–1598, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1579-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1579-2023, 2023
Short summary
Physicochemical properties of charcoal aerosols derived from biomass pyrolysis affect their ice-nucleating abilities at cirrus and mixed-phase cloud conditions
Fabian Mahrt, Carolin Rösch, Kunfeng Gao, Christopher H. Dreimol, Maria A. Zawadowicz, and Zamin A. Kanji
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 1285–1308, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1285-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-1285-2023, 2023
Short summary
Reconsideration of surface tension and phase state effects on cloud condensation nuclei activity based on the atomic force microscopy measurement
Chun Xiong, Xueyan Chen, Xiaolei Ding, Binyu Kuang, Xiangyu Pei, Zhengning Xu, Shikuan Yang, Huan Hu, and Zhibin Wang
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 16123–16135, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-16123-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-16123-2022, 2022
Short summary
Hygroscopicity and CCN potential of DMS-derived aerosol particles
Bernadette Rosati, Sini Isokääntä, Sigurd Christiansen, Mads Mørk Jensen, Shamjad P. Moosakutty, Robin Wollesen de Jonge, Andreas Massling, Marianne Glasius, Jonas Elm, Annele Virtanen, and Merete Bilde
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 13449–13466, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13449-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13449-2022, 2022
Short summary

Cited articles

Ball, S. M., Hanson, D. R., Eisele, F. L., and McMurry, P. H.: Laboratory studies of particle nucleation: Initial results for H2SO4, H2O, and NH3 vapors., J. Geophys. Res., 104(D19), 23709–23718, 1999.
Benson, D. R., Young, L. H., Kameel, F. R., and Lee, S.-H.: Laboratory-measured nucleation rates of sulfuric acid and water binary homogeneous nucleation from the SO2 + OH reaction, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L11801, https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033387, 2008.
Berndt, T., Böge, O., and Stratmann, F.: Formation of atmospheric H2SO4/H2O particles in the absence of organics: A laboratory study, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L15817, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026660, 2006.
Boulaud, D., Madelaine, G., Vigla, D., and Bricard, J.: Experimental study on the nucleation of water vapor sulphuric acid binary system, J. Chem. Phys. 66, 4854–4860, 1977.
Clarke, A. D., Varner, J. L., Eisele, F., Mauldin, R. L., Tanner, D., and Litchy, M.: Particle production in the remote marine atmosphere: Cloud outflow and subsidence during ACE 1, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D13), 16397–16409, 1998.
Download
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint