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Secondary organic material formed by methylglyoxal in aqueous aerosol mimics – Part 1: Surface tension depression and light-absorbing products
A. N. Schwier
E. L. Shapiro
N. Sareen
V. F. McNeill
vfm2103@columbia.edu
Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
We show that methylglyoxal forms light-absorbing secondary
organic material in aqueous ammonium sulfate and ammonium
nitrate solutions mimicking tropospheric aerosol
particles. The light-absorbing products form on the order of
minutes, and solution composition continues to change over
several days. The results suggest an aldol condensation
pathway involving the participation of the ammonium
ion. Aqueous solutions of methylglyoxal, with and without
inorganic salts, exhibit surface tension
depression. Methylglyoxal uptake could potentially change the
optical properties, climate effects, and heterogeneous
chemistry of the seed aerosol over its lifetime.
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