Basic Atmospheric Chemistry: A Quantum Chemical Study on Hydration of Mesospheric NaOH

Petrie, Simon

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Basic Atmospheric Chemistry: A Quantum Chemical Study on Hydration of Mesospheric NaOH

Date

2004

Authors

Petrie, Simon

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

The sequential association of water molecules with NaOH, a key upper-atmosphere metal-containing molecule, is investigated using quantum chemical calculations. The first several H2O-NaOH·(H 2O)n-1 bond strengths are sizeable (respectively 82, 70, 56, 42,