Articles | Volume 17, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8789-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8789-2017
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20 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 20 Jul 2017

Atmospheric chemistry, sources and sinks of carbon suboxide, C3O2

Stephan Keßel, David Cabrera-Perez, Abraham Horowitz, Patrick R. Veres, Rolf Sander, Domenico Taraborrelli, Maria Tucceri, John N. Crowley, Andrea Pozzer, Christof Stönner, Luc Vereecken, Jos Lelieveld, and Jonathan Williams

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In this study we identify an often overlooked stable oxide of carbon, namely carbon suboxide (C3O2), in ambient air. We have made C3O2 and in the laboratory determined its absorption cross section data and the rate of reaction with two important atmospheric oxidants, OH and O3. By incorporating known sources and sinks in a global model we have generated a first global picture of the distribution of this species in the atmosphere.
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