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American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, 6676(382), p. 1308-1314, 2023

DOI: 10.1126/science.adh2526

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Iodine oxoacids enhance nucleation of sulfuric acid particles in the atmosphere

Journal article published in 2023 by Xu-Cheng He ORCID, Mario Simon ORCID, Siddharth Iyer ORCID, Hong-Bin Xie ORCID, Birte Rörup ORCID, Jiali Shen, Henning Finkenzeller ORCID, Dominik Stolzenburg ORCID, Rongjie Zhang, Andrea Baccarini ORCID, Yee Jun Tham ORCID, Mingyi Wang ORCID, Stavros Amanatidis ORCID, Ana A. Piedehierro, Antonio Amorim ORCID and other authors.
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Abstract

The main nucleating vapor in the atmosphere is thought to be sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ), stabilized by ammonia (NH 3 ). However, in marine and polar regions, NH 3 is generally low, and H 2 SO 4 is frequently found together with iodine oxoacids [HIO x , i.e., iodic acid (HIO 3 ) and iodous acid (HIO 2 )]. In experiments performed with the CERN CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets) chamber, we investigated the interplay of H 2 SO 4 and HIO x during atmospheric particle nucleation. We found that HIO x greatly enhances H 2 SO 4 (-NH 3 ) nucleation through two different interactions. First, HIO 3 strongly binds with H 2 SO 4 in charged clusters so they drive particle nucleation synergistically. Second, HIO 2 substitutes for NH 3 , forming strongly bound H 2 SO 4 -HIO 2 acid-base pairs in molecular clusters. Global observations imply that HIO x is enhancing H 2 SO 4 (-NH 3 ) nucleation rates 10- to 10,000-fold in marine and polar regions.