Articles | Volume 19, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13383-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13383-2019
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30 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 30 Oct 2019

Relative-humidity-dependent organic aerosol thermodynamics via an efficient reduced-complexity model

Kyle Gorkowski, Thomas C. Preston, and Andreas Zuend

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We present the new Binary Activity Thermodynamics (BAT) model, which is a water-sensitive reduced-complexity organic aerosol thermodynamics model. It can use bulk properties like O : C, molar mass, and RH to predict organic activity coefficients and water uptake behavior. We show applications in RH-dependent organic co-condensation, liquid–liquid phase separation, and Kohler curve predictions, and we validate the BAT model against laboratory measurements.
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