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On the importance of atmospheric loss of organic nitrates by aqueous-phase ●OH oxidation
Juan Miguel González-Sánchez
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Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
Nicolas Brun
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
Junteng Wu
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Julien Morin
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Brice Temime-Roussel
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Sylvain Ravier
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
Camille Mouchel-Vallon
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS,
Toulouse, France
Jean-Louis Clément
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
Anne Monod
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LCE, Marseille, France
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 10911–10937, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10911-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-10911-2021, 2021
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Short summary
Organic nitrates play a crucial role in air pollution as they are considered NOx reservoirs. This work lights up the importance of their reactions with OH radicals in the aqueous phase (cloud/fog, wet aerosol), which is slower than in the gas phase. For compounds that significantly partition in water such as polyfunctional biogenic nitrates, these aqueous-phase reactions should drive their atmospheric removal, leading to a broader spatial distribution of NOx than previously accounted for.
Organic nitrates play a crucial role in air pollution as they are considered NOx reservoirs....
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