Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-3427-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-3427-2014
Research article
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07 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 07 Apr 2014

Chlorine as a primary radical: evaluation of methods to understand its role in initiation of oxidative cycles

C. J. Young, R. A. Washenfelder, P. M. Edwards, D. D. Parrish, J. B. Gilman, W. C. Kuster, L. H. Mielke, H. D. Osthoff, C. Tsai, O. Pikelnaya, J. Stutz, P. R. Veres, J. M. Roberts, S. Griffith, S. Dusanter, P. S. Stevens, J. Flynn, N. Grossberg, B. Lefer, J. S. Holloway, J. Peischl, T. B. Ryerson, E. L. Atlas, D. R. Blake, and S. S. Brown

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