Rate enhancement in collisions of sulfuric acid molecules due to long-range intermolecular forces

Halonen, Roope; Zapadinsky, Evgeni; Kurtén, Theo; Vehkamäki, Hanna; Reischl, Bernhard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13355-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13355-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13355-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 21

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30 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 30 Oct 2019

Rate enhancement in collisions of sulfuric acid molecules due to long-range intermolecular forces

Roope Halonen, Evgeni Zapadinsky, Theo Kurtén, Hanna Vehkamäki, and Bernhard Reischl

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RC1: 'Referee Report for acp-2019-400', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Promising treatment of collision coefficients in new particle formation rates', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jul 2019
AC1: 'Response to referee 1', Roope Halonen, 05 Sep 2019
AC2: 'Response to referee 2', Roope Halonen, 05 Sep 2019

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The rate of collisions between molecules or clusters is used to determine particle formation in the atmosphere. The basic approach is to treat the colliding particles as noninteracting hard spheres. By using atomistic simulations with a realistic force field and theoretical approaches, we showed that the actual collision rate of two sulfuric acid molecules is more than twice as high as that for hard spheres. The results of this study will improve models of atmospheric particle growth.