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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 23, Pages 13769-13775Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es5037805
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- EPA STAR program
- EU FP7-IDEAS-ERC ATMOPACS
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The effect of ammonia on the partitioning of two dicarboxylic acids, oxalic (C2) and adipic (C6) is determined. Measurements by a tandem differential mobility analysis system and a thermodenuder (TD-TDMA) system are used to estimate the saturation vapor pressure and enthalpy of vaporization of ammonium oxalate and adipate. Ammonia dramatically lowered the vapor pressure of oxalic acid, by several orders of magnitude, with an estimated vapor pressure of 1.7 +/- 0.8 x 10(-6) Pa at 298 K. The vapor pressure of ammonium adipate was 2.5 +/- 0.8 x 10(-5) Pa at 298 K, similar to that of adipic acid. These results suggest that the dominance of oxalate in diacid concentrations measured in ambient aerosol could be attributed to the salt formation with ammonia.
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