Nitric acid adsorption on ice

Surface diffusion

S. Kay Laird, Daniel Buttry, R. A. Sommerfeld

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Abstract

Knowledge of the behavior of nitric acid on the surface of ice is important to predicting nitrate loads from snowpacks and determining paleoclimates from ice cores. Our experiments have shown that HNO3 will diffuse across the ice driven by concentration gradients. A diffusion constant, D, for this process was determined from Fick's first law to be 3.5(±1.0)×1-7 cm2/sec between -20° and -25°C.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)699-701
Number of pages3
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume26
Issue number6
StatePublished - Mar 15 1999
Externally publishedYes

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Laird, S. K., Buttry, D., & Sommerfeld, R. A. (1999). Nitric acid adsorption on ice: Surface diffusion. Geophysical Research Letters, 26(6), 699-701.

Nitric acid adsorption on ice : Surface diffusion. / Laird, S. Kay; Buttry, Daniel; Sommerfeld, R. A.

In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 26, No. 6, 15.03.1999, p. 699-701.

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Laird, SK, Buttry, D & Sommerfeld, RA 1999, 'Nitric acid adsorption on ice: Surface diffusion', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 699-701.
Laird SK, Buttry D, Sommerfeld RA. Nitric acid adsorption on ice: Surface diffusion. Geophysical Research Letters. 1999 Mar 15;26(6):699-701.
Laird, S. Kay ; Buttry, Daniel ; Sommerfeld, R. A. / Nitric acid adsorption on ice : Surface diffusion. In: Geophysical Research Letters. 1999 ; Vol. 26, No. 6. pp. 699-701.
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