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Title: An investigation of aqueous ammonium nitrate aerosols with soft X-ray spectroscopy

Abstract

Aqueous aerosols are important in atmospheric chemistry, drug delivery, and human health. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a surface-sensitive technique and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy which informs on the bulk, is deployed to study the solvation of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3). Aerosolised solutions of NH4NO3 were introduced into a photoelectron spectrometer via an aerodynamic lens, and interrogated with soft X-ray photons, the resulting electrons were imaged via velocity map imaging. Density functional theory calculations were performed to compare with the measured binding energies of NH4+ and NO3- solvated in water. The results reveal that the nitrate anion has a slight propensity for the surface, while both ammonium and nitrate ions are present in equal measure in the bulk.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1829206
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Molecular Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 1-2; Journal ID: ISSN 0026-8976
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ammonium nitrate; x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; near-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy; velocity map imaging

Citation Formats

Weeraratna, Chaya, Kostko, O, and Ahmed, M. An investigation of aqueous ammonium nitrate aerosols with soft X-ray spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1080/00268976.2021.1983058.
Weeraratna, Chaya, Kostko, O, & Ahmed, M. An investigation of aqueous ammonium nitrate aerosols with soft X-ray spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2021.1983058
Weeraratna, Chaya, Kostko, O, and Ahmed, M. Mon . "An investigation of aqueous ammonium nitrate aerosols with soft X-ray spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2021.1983058. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1829206.
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abstractNote = {Aqueous aerosols are important in atmospheric chemistry, drug delivery, and human health. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), a surface-sensitive technique and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy which informs on the bulk, is deployed to study the solvation of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3). Aerosolised solutions of NH4NO3 were introduced into a photoelectron spectrometer via an aerodynamic lens, and interrogated with soft X-ray photons, the resulting electrons were imaged via velocity map imaging. Density functional theory calculations were performed to compare with the measured binding energies of NH4+ and NO3- solvated in water. The results reveal that the nitrate anion has a slight propensity for the surface, while both ammonium and nitrate ions are present in equal measure in the bulk.},
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