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is approximately what might be expected for the temperature
dependence of the complex lifetime.13 It is estimated that a
10% temperature variation will have a 10%–30% effect on
the rate constant. Thus, better estimates for the pertinent at-
mospheric rate constants may be obtained by applying a tem-
perature dependence to the 200 K value similar to that found
for the reaction of COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ with NO, namely TϪ2.7. Since
only small extrapolations from 200 K are needed, these two
cases, namely T0 and TϪ2.7, probably give a good bound to
the rate constant at other temperatures.
CONCLUSIONS
We have measured temperature dependencies for the rate
constants of COϪ3 , CO3Ϫ͑H2O͒, and OϪ3 reacting with NO and
NO2, except for the reaction of COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ with NO2 for
which only a 200 K rate constant was measured. The present
measurements have serious implications for the application
of reactions ͑1͒ and ͑2͒ in deriving NO and NO2 concentra-
tions in the atmosphere as discussed below.
Previous temperature dependencies of the rate constants
for the reactions of CO3Ϫ and OϪ3 with NO are in good agree-
ment with the present measurements. We found that the re-
action of COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ with NO is about a factor of 4 faster at
200 K compared with the previous 300 K measurement. This
translates into derived NO concentrations that are in error by
the same amount since the temperature of the atmosphere is
about 200 K in the region where the NO concentration mea-
surements were made.
Previous measurements of the rate constants for NO2
reacting with COϪ3 , CO3Ϫ͑H2O͒, and OϪ3 appear to be in error.
The discrepancies are large, and in all cases the previously
reported rate constant values are too high. Depending on the
reaction, errors of factors of 3–6 are found. This has impor-
tant implications for derivations of NO2 concentrations using
the published chemical ionization mass spectrometric
technique.1,2
For all these reactions, we recommend temperature de-
pendencies of the rate constants for use in atmospheric
chemistry. In all cases except the reaction of COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ with
NO2, these recommendations are based on the present mea-
surements of the rate constants as a function of temperature.
For the reaction of CO3Ϫ͑H2O͒ with NO2, we could measure
a rate constant at 200 K only, and we assume a temperature
dependence for the small extrapolation needed. This assump-
tion should lead to errors no larger than 30%.
FIG. 4. Rate constants for the reactions of COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ reacting with NO and
NO2 as a function of temperature. The present data are shown as solid
circles and squares, respectively. Previous data from the NOAA laboratory
͑Ref. 3͒ are shown as open circles and squares, respectively. A power law
dependence for the NO data is shown as a solid line.
perature measurement, fit nicely to a power law. Thus, we
recommend the following expression for the rate constant for
COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ reacting with NO:
Ϫ2.72
kCO ͑H O)ϩNOϭ4.1ϫ10Ϫ5
T
.
͑9͒
Ϫ
3
*
2
The reaction produces mainly NOϪ2 , with NO2Ϫ͑H2O͒ com-
prising less than 8% of the total product ion signal at 100 K
and a negligible amount at 200 K. In the atmosphere, an
equilibrium between NOϪ2 and NO2Ϫ͑H2O͒ is quickly estab-
lished.
No temperature dependence could be measured for the
reaction of CO3Ϫ͑H2O͒ with NO2. The CO3Ϫ͑H2O͒ ion ther-
mally dissociates at temperatures much above 200 K, and the
NO2 freezes in the inlet line at temperatures much below 200
K. The rate constant for this reaction at 196 K is 7.9ϫ10Ϫ11
cm3 sϪ1. The rate constant reported by NOAA for 300 K is
ϳ1.5ϫ10Ϫ10 cm3 sϪ1. As with the other NO2 reactions dis-
cussed previously, the NOAA rate constant for the reaction
of COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ with NO2 is significantly larger than the
present value. This is especially true when one takes into
account the expected negative temperature dependence of the
reactivity. For the same reasons stated earlier, we feel the
rate constant determined in the present study is the more
reliable value. However, we welcome another measurement
to resolve this discrepancy.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The PL authors would like to thank John Williamson and
Paul Mundis for technical assistance. The work has been
supported by the Strategic Environmental Research and De-
velopment Program and the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research.
The 196 K rate constant reported here for the reaction of
COϪ3 ͑H2O͒ with NO2 is a reasonable first estimate for the
rate constants required for atmospheric measurements since
the temperature at which reaction ͑2͒ is used for trace gas
analysis in the atmosphere is approximately 200 K. How-
ever, most inefficient ion–molecule reactions have rate con-
stants that decrease with increasing temperature,17 including
those measured in the present study. Slow ion–molecule re-
actions generally have a weak negative temperature depen-
dence. For reactions like those in the present study a depen-
dence between TϪ1 and TϪ3 is reasonable. The upper range
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