title: Knudsen cell and smog chamber study of the heterogeneous uptake of sulfur dioxide on Chinese mineral dust.
abstract: The heterogeneous uptake processes of sulfur dioxide on two types of Chinese mineral dust (Inner Mongolia desert dust and Xinjiang sierozem) were investigated using both Knudsen cell and smog chamber system. The temperature dependence of the uptake coefficients was studied over a range from 253 to 313 K using the Knudsen cell reactor, the initial uptake coefficients decreased with the increasing of temperature for these two mineral dust samples, whereas the steady state uptake coefficients of the Xinjiang sierozem increased with the temperature increasing, and these temperature dependence functions were obtained for the first time. In the smog chamber experiments at room temperature, the steady state uptake coefficients of SO2 decreased evidently with the increasing of sulfur dioxide initial concentration from 1.72 × 10¹² to 6.15 × 10¹² mol/cm³. Humid air had effect on the steady state uptake coefficients of SO₂onto Inner Mongolia desert dust. Consequences about the understanding of the uptake processes onto mineral dust samples and the environmental implication were also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Electronic address: zhouli@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. Electronic address: wangwg@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Weigang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Yanbo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gai
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. Electronic address: gemaofa@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Maofa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ge
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003889:Desert Climate; D004391:Dust; D008903:Minerals / Q000737:chemistry*; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D008903:Minerals; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide
keywords: Mineral dust; Sulfur dioxide; Temperature dependence; Uptake coefficient