The effect of acid-base clustering and ions on the growth of atmospheric nano-particles

  • The growth of freshly formed aerosol particles can be the bottleneck in their survival to cloud condensation nuclei. It is therefore crucial to understand how particles grow in the atmosphere. Insufficient experimental data has impeded a profound understanding of nano-particle growth under atmospheric conditions. Here we study nano-particle growth in the CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving OUtdoors Droplets) chamber, starting from the formation of molecular clusters. We present measured growth rates at sub-3 nm sizes with different atmospherically relevant concentrations of sulphuric acid, water, ammonia and dimethylamine. We find that atmospheric ions and small acid-base clusters, which are not generally accounted for in the measurement of sulphuric acid vapour, can participate in the growth process, leading to enhanced growth rates. The availability of compounds capable of stabilizing sulphuric acid clusters governs the magnitude of these effects and thus the exact growth mechanism. We bring these observations into a coherent framework and discuss their significance in the atmosphere.

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Author:Katrianne LehtipaloORCiDGND, Linda Rondo, Jenni Kontkanen, Siegfried SchobesbergerORCiDGND, Tuija Jokinen, Nina Sarnela, Christoph Andreas KürtenORCiDGND, Sebastian Ehrhart, Alessandro Franchin, Tuomo Nieminen, Francesco Riccobono, Mikko SipiläORCiD, Taina Yli-Juuti, Jonathan DuplissyORCiD, Alexey Adamov, Lars Ahlm, Joao Almeida, Antonio AmorimORCiD, Federico BianchiORCiDGND, Martin BreitenlechnerORCiD, Josef Dommen, Andrew Downard, Eimear M. Dunne, Richard C. FlaganORCiD, Roberto Guida, Jani Hakala, Armin HanselORCiD, Werner Jud, Juha Kangasluoma, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Helmi Keskinen, Jaeseok Kim, Jasper KirkbyORCiD, Agnieszka Kupc, Oona Kupiainen-Määttä, Ari Laaksonen, Michael Joseph Lawler, Markus Leiminger, Serge Mathot, Tinja Olenius, Ismael K. Ortega, Antti OnnelaORCiD, Tuukka Petäjä, Arnaud Patrick Praplan, Matti P. RissanenORCiD, Taina Ruuskanen, Filipe Duarte Santos, Simon Schallhart, Ralf Schnitzhofer, Mario SimonORCiD, James N. Smith, Jasmin Tröstl, Georgios Tsagkogeorgas, Antonio Tomé, Petri Vaattovaara, Hanna Vehkamäki, Aron Vrtala, Paul E. Wagner, Christina Williamson, Daniela WimmerORCiDGND, Paul M. WinklerORCiD, Annele Virtanen, Neil McPherson DonahueORCiDGND, Kenneth S. Carslaw, Urs BaltenspergerORCiDGND, Ilona RiipinenORCiD, Joachim CurtiusORCiD, Douglas R. WorsnopORCiD, Markku KulmalaORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-506098
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11594
ISSN:2041-1723
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27197574
Parent Title (English):Nature Communications
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group UK
Place of publication:[London]
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2016
Date of first Publication:2016/05/20
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/06/27
Tag:Atmospheric chemistry; Biogeochemistry
Volume:7
Issue:Art. 11594
Page Number:9
First Page:1
Last Page:9
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HeBIS-PPN:451010167
Institutes:Geowissenschaften / Geographie / Geowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
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