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Published July 1, 1992 | Version public
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Reaction of chlorine nitrate with protonated water clusters: a model for heterogeneous reactions on polar stratospheric clouds

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Abstract

We investigated the reactions of small protonated water clusters, H_3O^+(H_2O)_m, with chlorine nitrate, ClONO_2, to elucidate the molecular mechanism for the heterogeneous reaction of chlorine nitrate with ice. The ionic reaction products were various forms of protonated nitric acid, NO_2^+(H_2O)_m, m = 0, 1, 2. These products are analogous to products previously reported in the literature for the neutral reaction occurring on ice surfaces. Our results support the hypothesis that the heterogeneous reaction is acid-catalyzed.

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© 1992 American Chemical Society. Acknowledgment is made to the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award (Grant CHE-8957243) and to the Caltech Consortium in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, founding members E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Eastman Kodak Co., and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Inc. Additional support was provided by the Irvine Foundation, the Chevron Corp., a Dreyfus Newly Appointed Faculty Award, an AT & T Special Purpose Grant, and a Department of Education Graduate Fellowship (C.M.N.).

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85342
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NSF
CHE-8957243
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Eastman Kodak Company
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Inc.
Irvine Foundation
Chevron Corporation
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
AT&T
Department of Education Graduate Fellowship

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Caltech Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics
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