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"The reaction of NO3 with methane soot, hexane soot, and solid pyrene was investigated using a flow tube reactor. The uptake of NO3 on fresh soot \nwas fast (uptake coefficient &gt;0.1). Based on this result and an assumed density of reactive sites on soot, the time to process or oxidize 90% of \na soot surface in the atmosphere would take only approximately five minutes. This suggests that NO3 chemistry can rapidly oxidize soot surfaces \nunder atmospheric conditions. After exposing soot films to NO3 for approximately 180 minutes in the laboratory, the uptake reaches a steady\u2010state \nvalue. The steady state uptake coefficients (assuming a geometric surface area) were 0.0054 \u00B1 0.0027 and 0.0025 \u00B1 0.0018 for methane and hexane \nsoot, respectively. These numbers are used to show that heterogeneous reactions between NO3 and soot are not likely a significant sink of gas\u2010phase \nNO3 under most atmospheric conditions. The uptake of NO3 on fresh pyrene surfaces was also fast (uptake coefficient &gt;0.1), and much faster than \npreviously suggested. We argue that under certain atmospheric conditions reactions between NO3 and surface\u2010bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons \n(PAHs) may be an important loss process of PAHs in the atmosphere.  An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2007 American Geophysical Union."@en
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