Articles | Volume 10, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-4879-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-4879-2010
26 May 2010
 | 26 May 2010

Solid state and sub-cooled liquid vapour pressures of substituted dicarboxylic acids using Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry (KEMS) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry

A. M. Booth, M. H. Barley, D. O. Topping, G. McFiggans, A. Garforth, and C. J. Percival

Abstract. Solid state vapour pressures of a selection of atmospherically important substituted dicarboxylic acids have been measured using Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry (KEMS) over a range of 20 K (298–318 K). Enthalpies of fusion and melting points obtained using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) were used to obtain sub-cooled liquid vapour pressures. They have been compared to estimation methods used on the E-AIM website. These methods are shown to poorly represent – OH groups in combination with COOH groups. Partitioning calculations have been performed to illustrate the impact of the different estimation methods on organic aerosol mass compared to the use of experimental data.

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