Organic acids as cloud condensation nuclei
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Organic acids as cloud condensation nuclei: Laboratory studies of highly soluble and insoluble species P. Pradeep Kumar , K. Broekhuizen, and J. P. D. Abbatt Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada Permanent address: Department of Physics, University of Pune, Pune 411007, India Received: 20 December 2002 – Accepted: 4 February 2003 – Published: 20 February 2003 Correspondence to: J. P. D. Abbatt ([email protected])
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