Hygroscopicity of nanoparticles produced from homogeneous nucleation in the CLOUD experiments. Kim, J., Ahlm, L., Yli-Juuti, T., Lawler, M., Keskinen, H., Tröstl, J., Schobesberger, S., Duplissy, J., Amorim, A., Bianchi, F., Donahue, N., M., Flagan, R., C., Hakala, J., Heinritzi, M., Jokinen, T., Kürten, A., Laaksonen, A., Lehtipalo, K., Miettinen, P., Petäjä, T., Rissanen, M., P., Rondo, L., Sengupta, K., Simon, M., Tomé, A., Williamson, C., Wimmer, D., Winkler, P., M., Ehrhart, S., Ye, P., Kirkby, J., Curtius, J., Baltensperger, U., Kulmala, M., Lehtinen, K., E., Smith, J., N., Riipinen, I., & Virtanen, A. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(1):293-304, 2016.
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Sulfuric acid, amines and oxidized organics have been found to be important compounds in the nucleation and initial growth of atmospheric particles. Because of the challenges involved in determining the chemical composition of objects with very small mass, however, the properties of the freshly nucleated particles and the detailed pathways of their formation processes are still not clear. In this study, we focus on a challenging size range, i.e., particles that have grown to diameters of 10 and 15gnm following nucleation, and measure their water uptake. Water uptake is useful information for indirectly obtaining chemical composition of aerosol particles. We use a nanometer-hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analyzer (nano-HTDMA) at subsaturated conditions (ca. 90g% relative humidity at 293gK) to measure the hygroscopicity of particles during the seventh Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets (CLOUD7) campaign performed at CERN in 2012. In CLOUD7, the hygroscopicity of nucleated nanoparticles was measured in the presence of sulfuric acid, sulfuric acid-dimethylamine, and sulfuric acid-organics derived from α-pinene oxidation. The hygroscopicity parameter decreased with increasing particle size, indicating decreasing acidity of particles. No clear effect of the sulfuric acid concentration on the hygroscopicity of 10gnm particles produced from sulfuric acid and dimethylamine was observed, whereas the hygroscopicity of 15gnm particles sharply decreased with decreasing sulfuric acid concentrations. In particular, when the concentration of sulfuric acid was 5.1 × 106gmoleculesgcmg'3 in the gas phase, and the dimethylamine mixing ratio was 11.8gppt, the measured of 15gnm particles was 0.31g±g0.01: close to the value reported for dimethylaminium sulfate (DMAS) (DMAS g1/4 0.28). Furthermore, the difference in between sulfuric acid and sulfuric acid-imethylamine experiments increased with increasing particle size. The values of particles in the presence of sulfuric acid and organics were much smaller than those of particles in the presence of sulfuric acid and dimethylamine. This suggests that the organics produced from α-pinene ozonolysis play a significant role in particle growth even at 10gnm sizes.
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 abstract = {Sulfuric acid, amines and oxidized organics have been found to be important compounds in the nucleation and initial growth of atmospheric particles. Because of the challenges involved in determining the chemical composition of objects with very small mass, however, the properties of the freshly nucleated particles and the detailed pathways of their formation processes are still not clear. In this study, we focus on a challenging size range, i.e., particles that have grown to diameters of 10 and 15gnm following nucleation, and measure their water uptake. Water uptake is useful information for indirectly obtaining chemical composition of aerosol particles. We use a nanometer-hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analyzer (nano-HTDMA) at subsaturated conditions (ca. 90g% relative humidity at 293gK) to measure the hygroscopicity of particles during the seventh Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets (CLOUD7) campaign performed at CERN in 2012. In CLOUD7, the hygroscopicity of nucleated nanoparticles was measured in the presence of sulfuric acid, sulfuric acid-dimethylamine, and sulfuric acid-organics derived from α-pinene oxidation. The hygroscopicity parameter decreased with increasing particle size, indicating decreasing acidity of particles. No clear effect of the sulfuric acid concentration on the hygroscopicity of 10gnm particles produced from sulfuric acid and dimethylamine was observed, whereas the hygroscopicity of 15gnm particles sharply decreased with decreasing sulfuric acid concentrations. In particular, when the concentration of sulfuric acid was 5.1 × 106gmoleculesgcmg'3 in the gas phase, and the dimethylamine mixing ratio was 11.8gppt, the measured of 15gnm particles was 0.31g±g0.01: close to the value reported for dimethylaminium sulfate (DMAS) (DMAS g1/4 0.28). Furthermore, the difference in between sulfuric acid and sulfuric acid-imethylamine experiments increased with increasing particle size. The values of particles in the presence of sulfuric acid and organics were much smaller than those of particles in the presence of sulfuric acid and dimethylamine. This suggests that the organics produced from α-pinene ozonolysis play a significant role in particle growth even at 10gnm sizes.},
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 author = {Kim, J. and Ahlm, L. and Yli-Juuti, T. and Lawler, M. and Keskinen, H. and Tröstl, J. and Schobesberger, S. and Duplissy, J. and Amorim, A. and Bianchi, F. and Donahue, N. M. and Flagan, R. C. and Hakala, J. and Heinritzi, M. and Jokinen, T. and Kürten, A. and Laaksonen, A. and Lehtipalo, K. and Miettinen, P. and Petäjä, T. and Rissanen, M. P. and Rondo, L. and Sengupta, K. and Simon, M. and Tomé, A. and Williamson, C. and Wimmer, D. and Winkler, P. M. and Ehrhart, S. and Ye, P. and Kirkby, J. and Curtius, J. and Baltensperger, U. and Kulmala, M. and Lehtinen, K. E.J. and Smith, J. N. and Riipinen, I. and Virtanen, A.},
 doi = {10.5194/acp-16-293-2016},
 journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics},
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}

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