Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2917-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2917-2019
Research article
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07 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 07 Mar 2019

Accounting for the effects of nonideal minor structures on the optical properties of black carbon aerosols

Shiwen Teng, Chao Liu, Martin Schnaiter, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, and Fengshan Liu

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Black carbon (BC) possesses complex minor structures besides the overall aggregate geometry, thus altering their optical properties. This study introduces volume variation to quantify and unify different minor structures and develops an empirical relation to account for their effects on BC optical properties. We find the effects of minor structures are mainly contributed by their influence on particle volume/mass, and a relative difference of 5 % is noticed after removing volume differences.
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