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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13599-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13599-2015
Research article
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09 Dec 2015
Research article |  | 09 Dec 2015

Viscous organic aerosol particles in the upper troposphere: diffusivity-controlled water uptake and ice nucleation?

D. M. Lienhard, A. J. Huisman, U. K. Krieger, Y. Rudich, C. Marcolli, B. P. Luo, D. L. Bones, J. P. Reid, A. T. Lambe, M. R. Canagaratna, P. Davidovits, T. B. Onasch, D. R. Worsnop, S. S. Steimer, T. Koop, and T. Peter

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New data of water diffusivity in secondary organic aerosol (SOA) material and organic/inorganic model mixtures is presented over an extensive temperature range. Our data suggest that water diffusion in SOA is sufficiently fast so that it is unlikely to have significant consequences on the direct climatic effect under tropospheric conditions. Glass formation in SOA is unlikely to restrict homogeneous ice nucleation.
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