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Aqueous Photochemistry Of 2-Oxocarboxylic Acids: Evidence, Mechanisms, And Atmospheric Impact, Marcelo I. Guzman, Alexis J. Eugene
Aqueous Photochemistry Of 2-Oxocarboxylic Acids: Evidence, Mechanisms, And Atmospheric Impact, Marcelo I. Guzman, Alexis J. Eugene
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Atmospheric organic aerosols play a major role in climate, demanding a better understanding of their formation mechanisms by contributing multiphase chemical reactions with the participation of water. The sunlight driven aqueous photochemistry of small 2-oxocarboxylic acids is a potential major source of organic aerosol, which prompted the investigations into the mechanisms of glyoxylic acid and pyruvic acid photochemistry reviewed here. While 2-oxocarboxylic acids can be contained or directly created in the particles, the majorities of these abundant and available molecules are in the gas phase and must first undergo the surface uptake process to react in, and on the surface, …