Antarctic ozone depletion chemistry - Reactions of N2O5 with H2O and HCl on ice surfaces

• Main Authors: Tolbert, Margaret A., Rossi, Michel J., Golden, David M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: 46; Antarctic; Knudsen; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19880052847

In a study concerning Antarctic ozone depletion, reactions of dinitrogen pentoxide with water and hydrochloric acid were studied on ice surfaces in a Knudsen cell flow reactor. The N2O5 reacted on ice at 185 K to form condensed-phase nitric acid (HNO3). This reaction may provide a sink for odd nitro...