Hygroscopic and phase separation properties of ammonium sulfate/organics/water ternary solutions

Zawadowicz, M. A.; Proud, S. R.; Seppalainen, S. S.; Cziczo, D. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8975-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8975-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8975-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 15

Research article

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13 Aug 2015

Research article |

| 13 Aug 2015

Hygroscopic and phase separation properties of ammonium sulfate/organics/water ternary solutions

M. A. Zawadowicz, S. R. Proud, S. S. Seppalainen, and D. J. Cziczo

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RC C1177: 'Interactive comment on “hygroscopic and phase separation properties of ammonium sulfate/organic/water ternary solutions’ by Zawadowicz et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Mar 2015
RC C1683: 'Review of Zawadowicz et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Apr 2015
AC C3511: 'Response to referee comments', Maria Anna Zawadowicz, 11 Jun 2015

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RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (30 Jun 2015)

ED: Publish as is (13 Jul 2015) by Barbara Ervens

AR by Maria Anna Zawadowicz on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2015)

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This work investigates hygroscopic properties of internally mixed organic/inorganic aerosol particles. Aerosol particles containing organic and inorganic components can phase separate under certain relative humidity conditions, creating particles with an inorganic core and an organic shell. This paper explores whether water uptake from gaseous phase still occurs in such phase-separated systems. It finds that phase separation does not inhibit water uptake for the five systems that were studied.