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22 Feb 2016
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| 22 Feb 2016
A chamber study of the influence of boreal BVOC emissions and sulfuric acid on nanoparticle formation rates at ambient concentrations
Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, 33100 Tampere, Finland
L. Liao
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
J. Wildt
IBG-2, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
A. Kiendler-Scharr
IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
E. Kleist
IBG-2, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
R. Tillmann
IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
M. Sipilä
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
J. Hakala
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
K. Lehtipalo
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
V.-M. Kerminen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
M. Kulmala
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
D. Worsnop
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
T. Mentel
IEK-8, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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In this paper, we present the first direct laboratory observations of nanoparticle formation from sulfuric acid and realistic BVOC precursor vapour mixtures performed at atmospherically relevant concentration levels. We found that the formation rate was proportional to the product of sulphuric acid and biogenic VOC emission strength, and that the formation rates were consistent with a mechanism in which nucleating BVOC oxidation products are rapidly formed and activate with sulfuric acid.
In this paper, we present the first direct laboratory observations of nanoparticle formation...
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