Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1955-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-1955-2016
Research article
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22 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2016

A chamber study of the influence of boreal BVOC emissions and sulfuric acid on nanoparticle formation rates at ambient concentrations

M. Dal Maso, L. Liao, J. Wildt, A. Kiendler-Scharr, E. Kleist, R. Tillmann, M. Sipilä, J. Hakala, K. Lehtipalo, M. Ehn, V.-M. Kerminen, M. Kulmala, D. Worsnop, and T. Mentel

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AR by Miikka Dal Maso on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2015)  Author's response 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Jul 2015) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Aug 2015)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (14 Sep 2015)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Sep 2015) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
AR by Miikka Dal Maso on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Nov 2015) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (08 Dec 2015)
ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (21 Dec 2015) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
AR by Miikka Dal Maso on behalf of the Authors (31 Dec 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (14 Jan 2016) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
AR by Miikka Dal Maso on behalf of the Authors (24 Jan 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
Short summary
In this paper, we present the first direct laboratory observations of nanoparticle formation from sulfuric acid and realistic BVOC precursor vapour mixtures performed at atmospherically relevant concentration levels. We found that the formation rate was proportional to the product of sulphuric acid and biogenic VOC emission strength, and that the formation rates were consistent with a mechanism in which nucleating BVOC oxidation products are rapidly formed and activate with sulfuric acid.
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