MEASURED ATMOSPHERIC NEW PARTICLE FORMATION RATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR NUCLEATION MECHANISMS
作者:
R. J. WEBER,
J. J. MARTI,
P. H. McMURRY,
F. L. EISELE,
D. J. TANNER,
A. JEFFERSON,
期刊:
Chemical Engineering Communications
(Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 151,
issue 1
页码: 53-64
ISSN:0098-6445
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1080/00986449608936541
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Atmospheric particles;Formation rates;Nucleation mechanisms
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Measured production rates of tropospheric ultrafine particles (˜3nm diameter) are reported for the first time and are shown to be orders of magnitude greater than nucleation rates predicted by the binary theory of homogeneous nucleation for sulfuric acid and water. Furthermore, the functional dependence of observed particle formation rates on sulfuric acid vapor concentrations is much weaker than predicted by binary theory. We present arguments to show that these discrepancies might be due to the participation of a species such as ammonia which could stabilize subcritical clusters, thereby enhancing nucleation rates. The data suggest that atmospheric nucleation may occur by a collision-limited process, rather than by a condensation/evaporation controlled process as is assumed in the classical theory.
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