Abstract
Sulfuric acid and water clusters are important for new particle formation in the atmosphere. Recent experimental studies demonstrate that critical clusters in diverse atmospheric environments contain two acid molecules and may also include additional N-containing molecules (i.e., a base). We use first-principles molecular dynamics simulations to show that the presence of two sulfuric acid molecules in (H2SO4)m· base·(H2O)6 clusters is always sufficient to form a double ion, whereas a single acid molecule, even in the presence of a base, is not.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 14144-14147 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 130 |
Issue number | 43 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 29 2008 |