An empirical approach to the nucleation of sulfuric acid droplets in the atmosphere

We use quantum mechanical evaluations of the Gibbs free energy of the hydrates of sulfuric acid, H2SO4. nH2O and (H2SO4)2
 . nH2O to evaluate an empirical surface tension for sulfuric acid-water clusters containing few molecules.
 We use this surface tension to evaluate nucleation ra...

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Main Authors: P. R. Turco, R. D'Auria, P. Hamill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2003-06-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
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Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3406