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A photochemical reactor for studies of atmospheric chemistry

Nilsson, E. J.K. LU orcid ; Eskebjerg, C. and Johnson, M. S. LU (2009) In Atmospheric Environment 43(18). p.3029-3033
Abstract

A photochemical reactor for studies of atmospheric kinetics and spectroscopy has been built at the Copenhagen Center for Atmospheric Research. The reactor consists of a vacuum FTIR spectrometer coupled to a 100 L quartz cylinder by multipass optics mounted on electropolished stainless steel end flanges, surrounded by UV-A, UV-C and broadband sun lamps in a temperature-controlled housing. The combination of a quartz vessel and UV-C lamps allows higher concentrations of O(1D) and OH than can be generated by similar chambers. The reactor is able to produce radical concentrations of ca. 8 × 1011 cm-3 for OH, 3 × 106 cm-3 for O(1D), 3.3 × 1010 cm-3 for... (More)

A photochemical reactor for studies of atmospheric kinetics and spectroscopy has been built at the Copenhagen Center for Atmospheric Research. The reactor consists of a vacuum FTIR spectrometer coupled to a 100 L quartz cylinder by multipass optics mounted on electropolished stainless steel end flanges, surrounded by UV-A, UV-C and broadband sun lamps in a temperature-controlled housing. The combination of a quartz vessel and UV-C lamps allows higher concentrations of O(1D) and OH than can be generated by similar chambers. The reactor is able to produce radical concentrations of ca. 8 × 1011 cm-3 for OH, 3 × 106 cm-3 for O(1D), 3.3 × 1010 cm-3 for O(3P) and 1.6 × 1012 cm-3 for Cl. The reactor can be operated at pressures from 10-3 to 103 mbar and temperatures from 240 to 330 K. As a test of the system we have studied the reaction CHCl3 + Cl using the relative rate technique and find kCHCl3+Cl/kCH4+Cl = 1.03 ± 0.11, in good agreement with the accepted value.

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Atmospheric chemistry, Hydroxyl radical, Infrared spectroscopy, Photochemical reactor, Relative rate, Smog chamber
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Atmospheric Environment
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18
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5 pages
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Elsevier
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1352-2310
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10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.034
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  author       = {{Nilsson, E. J.K. and Eskebjerg, C. and Johnson, M. S.}},
  issn         = {{1352-2310}},
  keywords     = {{Atmospheric chemistry; Hydroxyl radical; Infrared spectroscopy; Photochemical reactor; Relative rate; Smog chamber}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{18}},
  pages        = {{3029--3033}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Atmospheric Environment}},
  title        = {{A photochemical reactor for studies of atmospheric chemistry}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.034}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.034}},
  volume       = {{43}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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