Diffusion and location of hydrochloric acid in ice: Implications for polar stratospheric clouds and ozone depletion

Wolff, Eric W.; Mulvaney, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-8148; Oates, K.. 1989 Diffusion and location of hydrochloric acid in ice: Implications for polar stratospheric clouds and ozone depletion. Geophysical Research Letters, 16 (6). 487-490. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL016i006p00487

Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/GL016i006p00487

Abstract/Summary

We have carried out experiments to study the incorporation and movement of HCl within the structure of ice. These involved freezing HCl solutions, and observing them in a scanning electron microscope fitted with an X‐ray microanalysis system. We are able to show that HCl is not easily incorporated into ice crystals, but is strongly partitioned towards the grain boundaries. Furthermore, the diffusion of HCl through ice crystals is slow. These results contradict the interpretation of earlier experiments. They mean that if HCl is to be available for reaction on polar stratospheric cloud particles, as required by current theories of Antarctic ozone depletion, then it must be present in some form other than a solid solution.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1029/GL016i006p00487
ISSN:	00948276
Date made live:	30 Oct 2018 11:47 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521385

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1029/GL016i006p00487

ISSN:

00948276

Date made live:

30 Oct 2018 11:47 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521385