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Published May 15, 2001 | Published
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Iodine oxide homogeneous nucleation: An explanation for coastal new particle production

Abstract

A series of laboratory experiments on the chemical composition of aerosol particles formed after photodissociation of CH_2I_2, a major volatile alkyl halide released from macroalgae, have been performed in a laboratory scale reaction chamber using on-line atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (APCI/MS). Based on the mass spectrometric results and the molecular properties of iodine oxides, we suggest that the self-nucleation of iodine oxides provides an efficient source of natural condensable material in coastal environments and discuss this concept focusing on OIO as one potential key species for new particle formation. The presented hypothesis not only fits the measured enrichment of iodine species in submicrometer particles, but also can explain the frequently observed nucleation bursts in the coastal boundary layer.

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Copyright 2001 by the American Geophysical Union. (Received September 27, 2000; revised February 19, 2001; accepted February 20, 2001.) Paper number 2000GL012399. This work was supported by the EC, Environment and Climate program, Contract No. ENV4-CT97-0391 (NUCVOC) and ENV4-CT97-0526 (PARFORCE).

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