Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles
While water insoluble organics are prevalent in the atmosphere, it is not clear how the presence of such species alters the chemical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols. Here we use a combination of FTIR spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (...
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| author | R. M. Garland M. E. Wise M. E. Wise M. R. Beaver H. L. DeWitt A. C. Aiken J. L. Jimenez M. A. Tolbert |
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| description | While water insoluble organics are prevalent in the atmosphere, it is not clear how the presence of such species alters the chemical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols. Here we use a combination of FTIR spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (AMS) to characterize ammonium sulfate particles coated with palmitic acid. Coated aerosols were generated by atomizing pure ammonium sulfate, mixing the particles with a heated flow of nitrogen with palmitic acid vapor, and then flowing the mixture through an in-line oven to create internally mixed particles. The mixing state of the particles was probed using the AMS data and images from the TEM. Both of these probes suggest that the particles were internally mixed. Water uptake by the mixed particles was then probed at 273 K. It was found that for ammonium sulfate containing ~20 wt% palmitic acid the deliquescence relative humidity (DRH) was the same as for pure ammonium sulfate (80±3% RH). For particles with ~50 wt% palmitic acid however, the mixed particles began to take up water at relative humidities as low at 69% and continued to slowly take up water to 85% RH without fully deliquescing. In addition to studies of water uptake, water loss was also investigated. Here coatings of up to 50 wt% had no impact on the efflorescence relative humidity. These studies suggest that even if insoluble substances coat salt particles in the atmosphere, there may be relatively little effect on the resulting water uptake and loss. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f91b2cbf603c4ea9917c24c74ff5a8a82022-12-21T19:55:48ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics1680-73161680-73242005-01-015719511961Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particlesR. M. GarlandM. E. WiseM. E. WiseM. R. BeaverH. L. DeWittA. C. AikenJ. L. JimenezM. A. TolbertWhile water insoluble organics are prevalent in the atmosphere, it is not clear how the presence of such species alters the chemical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols. Here we use a combination of FTIR spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Aerosol Mass Spectrometry (AMS) to characterize ammonium sulfate particles coated with palmitic acid. Coated aerosols were generated by atomizing pure ammonium sulfate, mixing the particles with a heated flow of nitrogen with palmitic acid vapor, and then flowing the mixture through an in-line oven to create internally mixed particles. The mixing state of the particles was probed using the AMS data and images from the TEM. Both of these probes suggest that the particles were internally mixed. Water uptake by the mixed particles was then probed at 273 K. It was found that for ammonium sulfate containing ~20 wt% palmitic acid the deliquescence relative humidity (DRH) was the same as for pure ammonium sulfate (80±3% RH). For particles with ~50 wt% palmitic acid however, the mixed particles began to take up water at relative humidities as low at 69% and continued to slowly take up water to 85% RH without fully deliquescing. In addition to studies of water uptake, water loss was also investigated. Here coatings of up to 50 wt% had no impact on the efflorescence relative humidity. These studies suggest that even if insoluble substances coat salt particles in the atmosphere, there may be relatively little effect on the resulting water uptake and loss.http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/5/1951/2005/acp-5-1951-2005.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R. M. Garland M. E. Wise M. E. Wise M. R. Beaver H. L. DeWitt A. C. Aiken J. L. Jimenez M. A. Tolbert Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| title | Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles |
| title_full | Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles |
| title_fullStr | Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles |
| title_short | Impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles |
| title_sort | impact of palmitic acid coating on the water uptake and loss of ammonium sulfate particles |
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