Determination of the evaporation coefficient of D2O
| Title: | Determination of the evaporation coefficient of D2O |
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| Authors: | R. C. Cohen, R. J. Saykally, J. D. Smith, C. D. Cappa, W. S. Drisdell |
| Source: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol 8, Iss 22, Pp 6699-6706 (2008) |
| Publisher Information: | Copernicus Publications, 2008. |
| Publication Year: | 2008 |
| Collection: | LCC:Physics LCC:Chemistry |
| Subject Terms: | Physics, QC1-999, Chemistry, QD1-999 |
| More Details: | The evaporation rate of D2O has been determined by Raman thermometry of a droplet train (12–15 μm diameter) injected into vacuum (~10-5 torr). The cooling rate measured as a function of time in vacuum was fit to a model that accounts for temperature gradients between the surface and the core of the droplets, yielding an evaporation coefficient (γe) of 0.57±0.06. This is nearly identical to that found for H2O (0.62±0.09) using the same experimental method and model, and indicates the existence of a kinetic barrier to evaporation. The application of a recently developed transition-state theory (TST) model suggests that the kinetic barrier is due to librational and hindered translational motions at the liquid surface, and that the lack of an isotope effect is due to competing energetic and entropic factors. The implications of these results for cloud and aerosol particles in the atmosphere are discussed. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1680-7316 1680-7324 |
| Relation: | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/6699/2008/acp-8-6699-2008.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7316; https://doaj.org/toc/1680-7324 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/2214addea9594ed09a96410d1b97056a |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.2214addea9594ed09a96410d1b97056a |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 16807316 16807324 |
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| Published in: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| Language: | English |