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Keene et al. 2002
Keene, W.C., Pszenny, A.A.P., Maben, J.R. and Sander, R. (2002). Variation of marine aerosol acidity with particle size. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2001GL013881. issn: 0094-8276.

pHs were measured in minimally diluted extracts of size-segregated aerosols sampled under moderately polluted conditions at Bermuda during spring 1997. Extrapolation to aerosol liquid water contents yielded ambient pHs for most super-¿m diameter size fractions in the upper 3s to upper 4s. Aerosols within this size range of each sample approached similar pH. These results are consistent with recent estimates of sea-salt aerosol pHs based on thermodynamic considerations and model calculations. Most pHs for finer aerosol size fractions were in the 1s and 2s. The H+ + SO42- ↔ HSO4- equilibrium strongly buffered aerosol pH in all size fractions.

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801), Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Air/sea constituent fluxes (3339, 4504), Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere--composition and chemistry
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Geophysical Research Letters
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