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Leu 1988
Leu, M. (1988). Laboratory studies of sticking coefficients and heterogeneous reactions important in the Antarctic stratosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi: 10.1029/88GL01986. issn: 0094-8276.

Laboratory studies of sticking coefficients of H2O, HCl, Cl2 and HNO3 on ice and heterogeneous reactions of ClONO2 with ice or HCl/ice have been performed in a fast flow reactor. A quadrupole mass spectrometer with electron impact ionization was used as a detector. Measured sticking coefficients are: 0.3 (+0.7, -0.1) for H2O, 0.4 (+0.6, -0.2) for HCl, <1.0¿10-4 for Cl2, and 0.3 (+0.7, -0.1) for HNO3 at 200K. The reaction probability of ClONO2 on ice was found to be 0.06 (¿0.03) while HOCl was observed as a sole product in the gas phase. With HCl present in ice, the reaction probability of ClONO2 is greatly enhanced, approaching 0.27 (+0.73, -0.13) while molecular chlorine was found to be the major product in the gas phase. Another reaction product was nitric acid which remained in the solid phase. Since the polar stratospheric clouds contain ice particles or possibly HCl/ice particles on the surface, the present results should be a major factor in producing the observed springtime ozone depletion in the Antarctic stratosphere. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pollution—urban and regional
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