A Monolayer Partitioning Scheme for Droplets of Surfactant Solutions.

ABSTRACT: Bulk-surface partitioning of surface active species affects both cloud droplet activation by aerosol particles and heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry. Various approaches are given in the literature to capture this effect in atmospheric models. Here we present a simple, yet physically self-contained, monolayer model for prediction of both composition and thickness of the surface layer of an aqueous droplet. The monolayer surface model is based on assuming a finite surface layer and mass balance of all species within the droplet. Model predictions are presented for binary and ternary aqueous surfactant model systems and compared to both experimental and model data from the literature and predictions using a common Gibbsian model approach. Deviations from Gibbsian surface thermodynamics due

SUBMITTER: Malila J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472654 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature