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Martin et al. 1980
Martin, L.R., Judeikis, H.S. and Wun, M. (1980). Heterogeneous reactions of Cl and ClO in the stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 85: doi: 10.1029/JC080i010p05511. issn: 0148-0227.

Experimental measurements of the heterogeneous reactivity of sulfuric acid-water mixtures at low temperatures are presented. The kinetic data are combined with a stratospheric aeroso-loading model and simple chemical models to predict the effect of heterogeneous chlorine and chlorine oxide radical reactions on the stratospheric Cl/HCl ratio at several altitudes. The Cl reactions are found to have little influence, but the ClO reaction reduces the Cl/HCl ratio by about 3% at 20 km (within a factor of 2 at 1 standard deviation). The effect at higher altitudes is smaller. Simulated sunlight was found to have no effect on the heterogeneous reactivities.

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