ACPD Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions ACPD 1680-7375 Copernicus GmbH G̦ttingen, Germany 10.5194/acpd-9-7333-2009 Amorphous and crystalline aerosol particles interacting with water vapor РPart 1: Microstructure, phase transitions, hygroscopic growth and kinetic limitations Mikhailov E. 1 2 Vlasenko S. 2 Martin S. T. 3 Koop T. 4 P̦schl U. 1 Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Biogeochemistry Department, 55128 Mainz, Germany St. Petersburg State University, Atmospheric Physics Department, Institute of Physics, 198904 St. Petersburg, Russia Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Bielefeld University, Department of Chemistry, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany 20 03 2009 9 2 7333 7412 This is an open-access article ditributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. This article is available from http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/7333/2009/acpd-9-7333-2009.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/7333/2009/acpd-9-7333-2009.pdf

Interactions with water are crucial for the properties, transformation and climate effects of atmospheric aerosols. Here we outline characteristic features and differences in the interaction of amorphous and crystalline aerosol particles with water vapor. Using a hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analyzer (H-TDMA), we performed hydration, dehydration and cyclic hydration&dehydration experiments with aerosol particles composed of levoglucosan, oxalic acid and ammonium sulfate (diameters ~100–200 nm, relative uncertainties &lt;0.4%, relative humidities &lt;5% to 95% at 298 K). The measurements and accompanying Köhler model calculations provide new insights into particle microstructure, surface adsorption, bulk absorption, phase transitions and hygroscopic growth. The results of these and related investigations lead to the following main conclusions: <br><br> 1. Many organic substances (including carboxylic acids, carbohydrates and proteins) tend to form amorphous rather than crystalline phases upon drying of aqueous solution droplets. Depending on viscosity and microstructure, the amorphous phases can be classified as glasses, rubbers, gels or viscous liquids. <br> 2. Amorphous organic substances tend to absorb water vapor and undergo gradual deliquescence and hygroscopic growth at much lower relative humidity than their crystalline counterparts. <br> 3. In the course of hydration and dehydration, certain organic substances can form rubber- or gel-like structures (supra-molecular networks) and undergo stepwise transitions between swollen and collapsed network structures. <br> 4. Organic gels or (semi-)solid amorphous shells (glassy, rubbery, ultra-viscous) with low molecular diffusivity can kinetically limit the uptake and release of water by submicron aerosol particles on (multi-)second time scales, which may influence the hygroscopic growth and activation of aerosol particles as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN). <br> 5. The shape and porosity of amorphous and crystalline particles formed upon dehydration of aqueous solution droplets depend on chemical composition and drying conditions. The apparent volume void fractions of particles with highly porous structures can range up to ~50% or more (xerogels, aerogels). Void fractions as well as residual water in dried aerosol particles that are not water-free (due to kinetic limitations of drying or stable hydrate formation) should be taken into account in Köhler model calculations of hygroscopic growth and CCN activation. <br> 6. For efficient description of water uptake and phase transitions of amorphous and crystalline organic and inorganic aerosol particles and particle components, we propose not to limit the terms deliquescence and efflorescence to equilibrium phase transitions of crystalline substances interacting with water vapor. Instead we propose the following generalized definitions: Deliquescence is the transformation of a (semi-)solid substance into a liquid aqueous solution, whereby water is absorbed from the gas phase ("liquefaction upon humidification/hydration"). Efflorescence is the transformation of a substance from a liquid aqueous solution into a (semi-)solid phase, whereby water is evaporated ("solidification upon drying/dehydration"). According to these definitions, individual components as well as entire aerosol particles can undergo gradual or prompt, partial or full deliquescence or efflorescence.

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