Model-Measurement Comparisons for Surfactant-Containing Aerosol Droplets
Alison Bain,
Nønne L. Prisle,
Bryan R. Bzdek
Abstract:Surfactants are important components of atmospheric aerosols, potentially impacting their hygroscopic growth and eventual activation into cloud droplets. By adsorbing at the air−water interface, surfactants lower the surface tension of aqueous systems. However, in microscopic aerosol droplets, the bulk surfactant concentration can become depleted because of the droplets' high surfacearea-to-volume ratio, reducing the bulk surfactant concentration at equilibrium and increasing droplet surface tension. Partition… Show more
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