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H. Grothe, F. Weiss, P. Baloh, F. Kubel, B. Martín-Llorente, O. Galvez, R. Escribano, S. F. Parker:
"Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Neutron Diffraction of Nitric Acid Hydrates";
Vortrag: Research at European Neutron and Synchrotron Facilities by Austrian Scientists, Wien; 11.11.2013 - 12.11.2013; in: "Research at European Neutron and Synchrotron Facilities by Austrian Scientists", TU Wien, (2013), S. 40.

The IPCC report 2007 underlines the particular importance of aerosol particles for the water cycle and the radiation balance, and thus for the global climate.[1] The contribution of aerosols and clouds to radiative forcing might be comparable to the most important greenhouse gases like CO2 but is much less understood. Nitric acid hydrates are important constituents of solid cloud particles in the lower polar stratosphere (Polar Stratospheric Clouds) and the upper troposphere (Cirrus Clouds). The exact phase composition of these particles is still a matter of controversy.[2] Especially, metastable modifi-cations have, as recent measurements show, a particular relevance for the atmosphere, which have been ignored up to now.[3] Spectroscopic data for their detection are urgently needed and can be gathered with laboratory models.
Only recently we have recorded the FTIR and Raman spectra of all nitric acid hydrates, stable and metastable.[4,5] These data have been corroborated by X-ray diffraction measurements.[6] However, when interpreting the spectroscopic data it became evident that not all bands could be explained rea-sonably. Here, DFT calculations were extremely helpful [7], but still the translational and librational bands were not fully understood. Hence, inelastic neutron scattering was employed in order to investi-gate this region.
For neutron scattering and neutron diffraction, samples were prepared ex-situ in an amorphous state and were transferred into a cryostat, where the sample has been annealed. Characteristic changes have been observed and have been correlated with the respective phase transitions. The structure of an un-known nitric acid hydrate has been discovered and solved and has in turn allowed the calculation of its vibrational spectra.
[1] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 4th Assessment Report, Geneva, 2007.
[2] H. Grothe, H. Tizek, I. K. Ortega, Faraday Discussion, 137, 2008, 223.
[3] Y. Kim, W. Choi, K.-M. Lee, J. H. Park, S. T. Massie, Y. Sasano, H. Nakajima, T. Yokota, J. Geophys. Res., Atmos. 111, 2006, D13S90.
[4] H. Grothe, C.E. Lund Myhre, C. J. Nielsen, J. Phys. Chem. A 110(1), 2006, 171.
[5] H. Grothe, C.E Lund Myhre, H. Tizek, Vibr. Spectr. 34, 2004, 55.
[6] H. Tizek, E. Knözinger, H. Grothe, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6, 2004, 972.
[7] R. Escribano, D. Fernández-Torre, V. J. Herrero, B. Martín-Llorente, B. Maté, I. K. Ortega, H. Grothe, Vibr. Spectr. 43, 2007, 254.

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