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J.F. Doussin, B. Picquet, R. Durand-Jolibois, H. Loirat and P. Carlier

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A Study of the Night-Time Chemistry of Aldehydes and PANs under Simulated Atmospheric Conditions Guest contribution J.F. Doussin, B Picquet, R. Durand-Jolibois, H Loirat and P Carlier Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques, UMR-CNRS 7583, 61 Av. du General de Gaulle, 94010, Creteil cedex, France Introduction Aldehydes are major secondary products of the atmospheric oxidation of most of the volatile organic compounds (Carlier et at, 1986). Their night-time reactivity with NOg could lead to the production of related peroxyacylnitrate (Cantrell et al, 1986). However, the kinetic database for the reactions NOs + RCHO is still inconsistent and the need of absolute measurement has been pointed out (Wayne et at, 1991). On the other hand, the night-time chemistry of the peroxyacyl radicals could be of importance in the night-time production of OH radicals (Canosa-Ma? et al, 1996). Simula

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