Kinetic Study of Heterogeneous Reaction of Soot with Reactive Oxidants
EMSL Project ID
25430
Abstract
Heterogeneous reactions occurring between aerosol particles and reactive gaseous species in the atmosphere have significant impacts on atmospheric composition and chemistry, global radiative forcing, climate change, sky visibility, and public health. As a result, experimental investigation of the kinetics and mechanisms of pertinent atmospheric heterogeneous reactions is an active area of fundamental research in atmospheric aerosol chemistry. To date, the heterogeneous reactivity and chemistry involving soot, a key fraction of atmospheric aerosol particles, are poorly understood. This is due to a number of factors involved in studying these topics: its inherent complex surface structure, composition, morphology,and aging in ambient air. The proposed research will specifically focus on the aforementioned topics, i.e., a fundamental understanding of kinetics and mechanism of soots heterogeneous reaction with reactive species in the atmosphere: OH, O3, NOx, HNO3, etc, Soot samples collected from the field and an experimental burner will be tested using a novel substrate deposited particle approach, which was recently developed and used at EMSL to test another important heterogeneous reaction.
Project Details
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Start Date
2007-05-31
End Date
2010-09-30
Status
Closed
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