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Farlow et al. 1978
Farlow, N.H., Snetsinger, K.G., Hayes, D.M., Lem, H.Y. and Tooper, B.M. (1978). Nitrogen-sulfur compounds in stratospheric aerosols. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JC080i012p06207. issn: 0148-0227.

Two forms of nitrosyl sulfuric acid (NOHSO4 and NOHS2O7) have been tentatively identified in stratospheric aerosols. The first of these can be formed either directly from gas reactions of NO2 with SO2 or by gas-particle interactions between NO2 and H2SO4. The second product may form when SO3 is involved. Estimates based on these reactions suggest that the maximum quantity of NO that might be absorbed in stratospheric aerosols could vary from one-third to twice the amount of NO in the surrounding air. If these reactions occur in the stratosphere, then a mechanism exists for removing nitrogen oxides from that region by aerosol particle fallout. This process may typify another natural means that helps cleanse the lower stratosphere of excessive pollutants.

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