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摘要
气溶胶粒子的含水量对大气非常重要。有机气溶胶(OA)粒子的含水量是通过假设热力学平衡来估算的。在这里,我们发现玻璃状超细有机气溶胶粒子的含水量出现了滞后现象,这表明需要考虑热力学非平衡状态。我们研究了单分散超细粒子(蔗糖和葡萄糖)在 252 至 296 K 温度范围内的吸湿生长情况。颗粒的吸湿性生长不依赖于水蒸气暴露历史的最低相对湿度(RH)被定义为阈值相对湿度。100 nm 颗粒的阈值相对湿度与明显发生滞后时的玻璃化转变点大致相同,这表明水在有机气溶胶高粘度基质中的扩散是造成这种现象的关键。采用动力学多层模型定量预测了阈值相对湿度与温度、暴露时间和颗粒大小的函数关系。考虑到地球大气层的温度和相对湿度范围,我们假设对流层上部普遍存在有机气溶胶含水量滞后现象,从而影响化学老化和云的形成过程。
Hysteresis in Water Content of Ultrafine Glassy Organic Aerosol Particles
Water content of aerosol particles is atmospherically important. Water content of organic aerosol (OA) particles has been estimated by assuming thermodynamic equilibrium. Here, we discovered that the hysteresis phenomenon occurred to water content of glassy ultrafine OA particles, demonstrating that thermodynamically non-equilibrium states need to be considered. Hygroscopic growth for monodisperse ultrafine particles (sucrose and glucose) was investigated for the temperature range from 252 to 296 K. Hysteresis was not observable at 296 K, consistent with literature data. However, hysteresis in water content was observed at sub-273 K. The lowest relative humidity (RH), at which hygroscopic growth of particles did not depend on exposure history to water vapor, was defined as threshold RH. Threshold RH for 100 nm particles was approximately the same as the glass transition points when hysteresis clearly happened, demonstrating that water diffusion in a highly viscous matrix of organic aerosols was the key to the phenomenon. Employment of a kinetic multi-layer model quantitatively predicted threshold RH as a function of temperature, exposure time, and the particle size. Considering the temperature and RH range of Earth's atmosphere, we hypothesize that hysteresis in water content for organic aerosols ubiquitously occurs in the upper troposphere, impacting chemical aging and cloud formation processes.
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JGR: Atmospheres publishes articles that advance and improve understanding of atmospheric properties and processes, including the interaction of the atmosphere with other components of the Earth system.