Ion-exchange chromatographic analysis of peroxynitric acid (O2NOOH) was performed by combining an acidic eluate with an UV-vis detector and immersing the separation column in an ice-water bath. The decomposition behavior of peroxynitric acid in the solution was also studied using this system. The fraction for the peroxynitric acid peak was collected. Ion-exchange chromatographic analysis of thi...

The chemistry of peroxynitric acid (HO2NO2) and methyl peroxynitrate (CH3O2NO2) is predicted to be particularly important in the upper troposphere where temperatures are frequently low enough that these compounds do not rapidly decompose. At temperatures below 240 K, we calculate that about 20% of NOy in the midand high-latitude upper troposphere is HO2NO2. Under these conditions, the reaction ...

Absorption coefficients of the 1397 cm-l, V3, band of peroxynitric acid (H02N02) have been measured at 225-230 K in order to calculate the feasibility of detecting this spectral feature in atmospheric spectra. High-resolution (0.0078 cm-l) Fourier transform spectra (13701430 cm-l) of low pressure gas-mixtures containing H02N02 were analyzed to determine the absorption coefficient, k(v). The max...

[1] We report observations and calculations of peroxynitric acid, HO2NO2, in the stratosphere and upper troposphere. The simulations show that photolysis of HO2NO2 via excitation of purely vibrational modes at wavelengths longward of 760 nm (the near IR) can dominate loss of this species. Consideration of this photolytic pathway reduces calculated HO2NO2, resolving a large discrepancy between s...

In this work, a polyimide (PI) containing triazole units was synthesized using 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole and pyromellitic dianhydride in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone. This polymer was used as the support of manganese (III) tetrakis(4-methoxylphenyl)porphyrin acetate to attain a heterogeneous catalyst; namely Mn(T4-OMePP)OAc@PI. The synthesized PI and Mn(T4-OMePP)OAc@PI were characterized by di...

Observations of peroxynitric acid (HO2NO2) obtained simultaneously with those of NO and NO2 provide a sensitive measure of the ozone photochemical production rate. We illustrate this technique for constraining the ozone production rate with observations obtained from the NCAR C-130 aircraft platform during the Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations (MILAGRO) intensive in Me...