Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-357-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-357-2018
Research article
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12 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 12 Jan 2018

Coupling of organic and inorganic aerosol systems and the effect on gas–particle partitioning in the southeastern US

Havala O. T. Pye, Andreas Zuend, Juliane L. Fry, Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz, Shannon L. Capps, K. Wyat Appel, Hosein Foroutan, Lu Xu, Nga L. Ng, and Allen H. Goldstein

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AR by Havala Pye on behalf of the Authors (11 Oct 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Nov 2017)
ED: Publish as is (28 Nov 2017) by Yafang Cheng
AR by Havala Pye on behalf of the Authors (29 Nov 2017)  Author's response
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Thermodynamic modeling revealed that some but not all measurements of ammonium-to-sulfate ratios are consistent with theory. The measurement diversity likely explains the previously reported range of results regarding the suitability of thermodynamic modeling. Despite particles being predominantly phase separated, organic–inorganic interactions resulted in increased aerosol pH and partitioning towards the particle phase for highly oxygenated organic compounds compared to traditional methods.
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