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

Katrianne Lehtipalo; Linda Rondo; Jenni Kontkanen; Siegfried Schobesberger; Tuija Jokinen; Nina Sarnela; Andreas Kuerten; Sebastian Ehrhart; Alessandro Franchin; Tuomo Nieminen; Francesco Riccobono; Mikko Sipila; Taina Yli-Juuti; Jonathan Duplissy; Alexey Adamov; Lars Ahlm; Joao Almeida; Antonio Amorim; Federico Bianchi; Martin Breitenlechner; Josef Dommen; Andrew J. Downard; Eimear M. Dunne; Richard C. Flagan; Roberto Guida; Jani Hakala; Armin Hansel; Werner Jud; Juha Kangasluoma; Veli-Matti Kerminen; Helmi Keskinen; Jaeseok Kim; Jasper Kirkby; Agnieszka Kupc; Oona Kupiainen-Maatta; Ari Laaksonen; Michael J. Lawler; Markus Leiminger; Serge Mathot; Tinja Olenius; Ismael K. Ortega; Antti Onnela; Tuukka Petaja; Arnaud Praplan; Matti P. Rissanen; Taina Ruuskanen; Filipe D. Santos; Simon Schallhart; Ralf Schnitzhofer; Mario Simon; James N. Smith; Jasmin Trostl; Georgios Tsagkogeorgas; Antonio Tome; Petri Vaattovaara; Hanna Vehkamaki; Aron E. Vrtala; Paul E. Wagner; Christina Williamson; Daniela Wimmer; Paul M. Winkler; Annele Virtanen; Neil M. Donahue; Kenneth S. Carslaw; Urs Baltensperger; Ilona Riipinen; Joachim Curtius; Douglas R. Worsnop; Markku Kulmala

doi:10.1038/ncomms11594

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

Katrianne Lehtipalo (Corresponding author), Linda Rondo, Jenni Kontkanen, Siegfried Schobesberger, Tuija Jokinen, Nina Sarnela, Andreas Kuerten, Sebastian Ehrhart, Alessandro Franchin, Tuomo Nieminen, Francesco Riccobono, Mikko Sipila, Taina Yli-Juuti, Jonathan Duplissy, Alexey Adamov, Lars Ahlm, Joao Almeida, Antonio Amorim, Federico Bianchi, Martin BreitenlechnerJosef Dommen, Andrew J. Downard, Eimear M. Dunne, Richard C. Flagan, Roberto Guida, Jani Hakala, Armin Hansel, Werner Jud, Juha Kangasluoma, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Helmi Keskinen, Jaeseok Kim, Jasper Kirkby, Agnieszka Kupc, Oona Kupiainen-Maatta, Ari Laaksonen, Michael J. Lawler, Markus Leiminger, Serge Mathot, Tinja Olenius, Ismael K. Ortega, Antti Onnela, Tuukka Petaja, Arnaud Praplan, Matti P. Rissanen, Taina Ruuskanen, Filipe D. Santos, Simon Schallhart, Ralf Schnitzhofer, Mario Simon, James N. Smith, Jasmin Trostl, Georgios Tsagkogeorgas, Antonio Tome, Petri Vaattovaara, Hanna Vehkamaki, Aron E. Vrtala, Paul E. Wagner, Christina Williamson, Daniela Wimmer, Paul M. Winkler, Annele Virtanen, Neil M. Donahue, Kenneth S. Carslaw, Urs Baltensperger, Ilona Riipinen, Joachim Curtius, Douglas R. Worsnop, Markku Kulmala

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	11594
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11594
Publication status	Published - May 2016

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103039 Aerosol physics

Keywords

IONIZATION MASS-SPECTROMETRY
PHASE SULFURIC-ACID
NEUTRAL CLUSTER
BOREAL FOREST
CLOUD CHAMBER
SIZE RANGE
NUCLEATION
RATES
AMMONIA
AEROSOL

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Lehtipalo, K., Rondo, L., Kontkanen, J., Schobesberger, S., Jokinen, T., Sarnela, N., Kuerten, A., Ehrhart, S., Franchin, A., Nieminen, T., Riccobono, F., Sipila, M., Yli-Juuti, T., Duplissy, J., Adamov, A., Ahlm, L., Almeida, J., Amorim, A., Bianchi, F., ... Kulmala, M. (2016). The effect of acid-base clustering and ions on the growth of atmospheric nano-particles. Nature Communications, 7, Article 11594. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11594

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

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