Chloric acid-driven nucleation enhanced by dimethylamine and sulfuric acid in the Arctic: mechanistic study

Wang, Shengming; Zhang, Huidi; Shi, Xiangli; Zhang, Qingzhu; Wang, Wenxing; Wang, Qiao

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Chloric acid-driven nucleation enhanced by dimethylamine and sulfuric acid in the Arctic: mechanistic study

Shengming Wang, Huidi Zhang, Xiangli Shi, Qingzhu Zhang, Wenxing Wang, and Qiao Wang

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