介质阻挡放电和CuZSM-5结合体系中等离子体对C2H4的作用

采用吸附、程序升温脱附及氧化和发射光谱等技术研究了介质阻挡放电对气相和催化剂表面吸附乙烯的作用. 实验表明, 介质阻挡放电等离子体能脱附催化剂表面吸附物种(如CO2和H2O等), 并引发表面化学反应生成新物种(如在等离子体作用下C2H4和O2生成CO2和H2O); 改变催化剂表面积碳化合物结构, 并降低其起燃点; 引发气相中乙烯发生反应生成中间物种或碎片(如CN和CH等). 在富氧体系NO/O2/N2中加入C2H4, 能使介质阻挡放电等离子体和CuZSM-5“一段法”结合体系产生协同效应, 提高NOx转化率. 该协同效应的产生与等离子体在气相及催化剂表面引发化学反应, 产生参与NOx还原反应的新稳态物种和短寿命高能活性物种有关.     

钛铝载体的合成及负载CuO对NO催化性能研究

以TiCl4为原料合成了TiO2/[[alpha]]-Al2O3载体. 在色谱-微反流动法反应装置上考察了CuO/15%(w, 下同)TiO2/[alpha]-Al2O3系列催化剂对NO+CO 的反应性能. 结果表明上述催化剂对NO+CO 反应表现出较好的活性, 其中12%CuO/15%TiO2/[alpha]-Al2O3反应活性最佳. 空气和H2 预处理后, NO 完全转化的温度分别为300C[[deg]]和275C[deg].通过H2-TPR、XRD 和FT-IR 等技术表征, 发现适量TiO2能促进CuO 在钛铝载体上的分散. TPR 结果显示12%CuO/15%TiO2/[alpha]-Al2O3在整个TPR 过程中出现四个还原峰, 琢和酌还原峰分别是钛铝载体表面裸露的TiO2上高度分散的CuO 和晶相CuO 的还原；茁和啄还原峰为钛铝载体上高度分散的CuO 和晶相CuO 的还原. FT-IR实验表明NO和CO 在经H2气氛预处理的催化剂表面上吸附较强, 且生成了N2O 和NO2等物种；NO+CO混合气在经空气和H2预处理的催化剂表面吸附时, 出现了N2O吸收峰, 峰温分别为200C[deg]和150C[deg].     

富氧条件下钯催化剂上氢气还原氧化氮微观反应动力学研究

 通过单位键指标-二次指数势(UBI-QEP)方法估算反应的表观活化能进行反应机理的随机模拟,并结合实验结果研究了富氧条件下Pd基催化剂上H2还原NO的反应. 结果表明,反应的控制步骤是H2吸附活化产生H*(*表示活性位,H*表示吸附的H原子)的过程,当反应温度低于270 ℃时, H*来自基元反应O*+H*2OH*+H*,反应温度上升到310 ℃时, H*2+*2H*成为H*的主要来源. NO以(NO)*2的形式吸附在Pd催化剂表面,还原产物N2O来自两条途径,分别是(NO)*2的分解以及相邻的两个NO*分子之间的结合; N2主要来自N2O*的分解以及相邻的N*和NO*分子的结合; NH3则由中间产物HNO*经过逐步加氢生成. 富氧条件下, NO和O2之间存在吸附和反应的竞争,低温下NO在Pd表面的吸附几率远大于O2, 此时H2优先还原NO. 反应温度的升高导致各物种的吸附能力下降,其中NO的降低最明显,因此高温下催化剂表面的主要吸附物种由NO变为O2, 此时H2优先与O2反应. 在150～310 ℃范围内,实验结果和模拟数据非常吻合.     

费托合成:SiO_2和Al_2O_3负载的Co_2C催化剂的表征和评价

采用CO碳化SiO2和Al3O4负载的Co(NO3)2的方法制备了SiO2和Al3O4负载的Co2C催化剂,采用N2物理吸附、X射线衍射和H2-程序升温还原技术对催化剂进行了表征,并用于催化费托合成反应中.结果显示,需要较长碳化时间才可合成负载的Co2C催化剂;所制催化剂表现出CO加氢生成高碳醇的催化性能,其原因可能在于催化剂表面存在的金属Co物种使CO解离,表面Co物种有利于CO插入,从而导致醇的生成,但体相Co2C则不具有催化活性.     

Ir/SiO2上甲烷部分氧化制合成气反应的原位时间分辨红外和原位Raman光谱表征

采用原位时间分辨红外光谱和原位显微Raman光谱技术对Ir/SiO₂上甲烷部分氧化(POM)制合成气反应的初级产物和反应条件下催化剂表面物种进行了跟踪考察,实验结果表明,在H₂预还原的新鲜Ir/SiO₂表面,CO是V(CH₄):V(O₂):V(Ar)=2:1:45混合气反应的初级产物,因而甲烷的直接氧化过程是CO生成的主要途径;而在稳态反应条件下,CO生成的途径可能主要来自CO₂和H₂O与催化剂表面积碳物种(CHx)和/或CH₄的反应.催化剂上生成的积碳可能是导致稳态条件下Ir/SiO₂上POM反应机理不同于H₂预还原的新鲜催化剂的主要原因.     

流化床中 CH4/C3H8 自热重整制合成气

 在流化床反应器中, 考察了 Ni/SiO2 催化剂上 CH4 或 CH4-C3H8 临氧 CO2 重整 (自热重整) 制合成气反应性能. 结果表明, 在 CH4-C3H8 混合气自热重整反应中, Ni 粒径较小催化剂的活性和抗积炭性能较高, CH4 和 CO2 转化率分别达 75.5% 和 72.6%. C3H8 比 CH4 更易解离及被氧化, 部分 C3H8 解离出来的中间产物 CHx 物种可与吸附 H 结合为 CH4, 因而降低了 CH4 的表观转化率; CHx 也可与吸附的 CO2 物种反应生成 H2 与 CO, 从而促进了 CO2 的转化.     

透氧膜反应器内NiO/MgO催化焦炉煤气重整反应途径

对透氧膜反应器内焦炉煤气(COG)重整反应模型进行分析.通过H2+N2、CH4+N2、CO+N2和H2+CH4+N2混合气在透氧膜反应器内重整反应,以及有无催化剂下重整反应和催化剂床层厚度重整反应实验,推测焦炉煤气重整反应模型:首先焦炉煤气中H2在催化剂活性金属镍颗粒上吸附解离,解离后的氢向高活性位迁移"(三相界面")并与膜表面侧晶格氧(或O2-)反应生成H2O.同时CH4也可能在活性镍颗粒上裂解生成CH3*和H*,反应生成的H2O与膜表面催化剂上裂解的碳反应生成H2和CO.未反应完的H2O在催化剂床层内与剩余CH4反应生成H2和CO.     

Rh/SiO_2催化剂上甲烷部分氧化制合成气的反应机理

采用原位Raman光谱技术,在原料气中的O2未完全耗尽的条件下,对CH4部分氧化制合成气反应的Rh/SiO2催化剂床层前部贵金属物种的化学态以及由CH4解离所生成的碳物种进行了表征.在此基础上采用脉冲反应和同位素示踪技术,比较了CH4的部分氧化及其与H2O和CO2的重整等反应对催化剂床层氧化区内CO和H2生成的相对贡献,并将实验结果与Ra-man光谱表征结果进行了关联.结果表明,在600°C下将还原后的4%Rh/SiO2催化剂切入CH4:O2:Ar=2:1:45原料气,催化剂床层前部未检测到铑氧化物的Raman谱峰,但可清晰检测到源于CH4解离的碳物种;在700°C和接触时间小于1ms的条件下,催化剂床层的氧化区内已有大量CO和H2生成,在相同的实验条件下,CH4与H2O或CO2重整反应对氧化区内合成气生成的贡献则很小;以CH4:16O2:H218O:He=2:1:2:95为原料气的同位素示踪实验结果表明,在原料气中16O2未完全耗尽的情况下,反应产物中C16O的含量占CO生成总量的92.3%,表明CO主要来自CH4的部分氧化反应.上述结果均表明,在O2存在下Rh/SiO2催化剂上CO和H2可以通过CH4直接解离和部分氧化机理生成.     

Rh-CeO2催化剂表面CO还原NO反应中羟基介导NH3生成问题的探讨

CO催化还原NO是发生在汽车尾气净化催化剂中的一个重要化学反应.CeO2容易发生氧化还原反应CeO2?CeO2?x+(x/2)O2而具有氧储存/释放作用,可以有效地促进CO氧化,因而CeO2作为储氧材料和催化助剂被广泛应用于汽车催化剂中.在过渡金属元素中,铑对NO的解离活性最高,是目前汽车三效催化剂中最为重要的还原性活性组分.目前,有关Rh-CeO2基催化剂表面CO还原NO的文献仅关注催化反应活性和N2O选择性,对CO还原NO反应机理的理解还不够深入准确,无法为轻型汽油车NH3排放控制提供正确有用的理论基础.NH3排放至大气中会以NH4+形式与SO42?和NO3?离子结合,导致二次颗粒物污染,因此,研究CO还原NO反应中NH3生成机理对轻型汽油车NH3排放控制具有非常重要的理论意义.我们研究组强调了CO催化还原NO反应的表面羟基介导NH3生成问题,并通过原位漫反射傅里叶变换红外光谱(in-situ DRIFTS),傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR),程序升温还原/氧化(TPR/TPO)等现代分析表征技术深入研究了CO还原NO反应机理,并首次提出了催化剂表面"羟基脱氢"反应的NH3生成机理.研究发现,Rh-CeO2催化剂表面CO还原NO反应的NH3选择性最高可达9.7%,其反应表观活化能仅为36 kJ/mol,in-situ DRIFTS,FT-IR和NO-TPO测试结果表明,NH3的生成可归因于催化剂表面"羟基脱氢"反应,即CO与催化剂表面端位羟基和桥式羟基发生"水煤气转化"反应生成H2,反应产生的H2还原NO生成NH3;CeO2中非骨架铈双羟基化形成的类氢氧化铈物种则会直接与NO发生脱氢反应生成NH3,但需要更高的反应温度.值得注意的是,当反应气中额外通入5%水蒸气时,其反应表观活化能提高了21 kJ/mol(同比增加58.3%),更重要的是NH3选择性明显提高,最高可达25.3%(同比增加160.8%),FT-IR测试结果表明,这是由于水蒸气作用促使催化剂表面羟基化,表面活性氢源得以不断补充.这从动力学角度促进了端位羟基和桥式羟基的"水煤气转化"反应而提高NH3选择性.同时,对比NO/H2,CO/NO和CO/NO/H2O反应的NH3生成浓度,我们还发现,H2O分子与NO的竞争吸附会抑制未解离吸附的NH3进一步还原NO,减少反应生成NH3的消耗,促使更多生成的NH3从催化剂表面脱附至气相中,这也是水蒸气导致NH3选择性明显增加的重要原因.以上结果清晰地表明了催化剂表面"羟基脱氢"作用和水蒸气分子与NO的竞争吸附行为对CO还原NO反应中NH3生成的重要影响.     

N,O共修饰的Ni纳米颗粒/氮掺杂介孔碳CO2高效电还原催化剂

利用可再生电力能源将CO2电还原(CO2RR)为高附加值燃料和化学品(CO、甲酸盐和碳氢化合物等)是一种高效、绿色的CO2资源化利用新技术.然而,由于CO2分子中双键难以活化,且存在析氢竞争反应,即使对于CO2电还原为CO这一简单反应,除少数贵金属(Au、Ag和Pd及其合金)外,当前大多数电催化剂对产物CO的选择性和活性仍较低.因此,开发高效、稳定且廉价的CO2RR催化剂具有重要意义.过渡金属Ni储量高、成本低,是潜在的CO2RR催化剂.然而,受限于Ni对*H及*CO等中间物种相对强的吸附能力,Ni基催化剂催化生成产物CO的活性和选择性较低.近年来研究表明,通过对Ni基材料进行表面修饰,可以调控Ni表面与中间物种的吸附强度,从而有效提升Ni基催化剂对CO2RR反应的活性和选择性.鉴于此,本文通过N,O共调控的策略对负载于N掺杂介孔碳上的Ni纳米颗粒进行表面修饰,制得的N,O-Ni/CMK3催化剂能够高效、高选择性地将CO2电还原为CO.X射线衍射、高角度环形暗场扫描透射电子显微镜和X射线光电子能谱等表征结果表明,N,O-Ni/CMK3中的Ni纳米颗粒由金属Ni核和N掺杂的NiO壳组成,即Ni纳米颗粒表面被N,O共调控,这种独特的表面使其表现出与金属Ni不同的CO2RR催化性能.电化学测试结果表明,在0.5 M KHCO3电解液中,N,O-Ni/CMK3催化剂表现出较好的选择性(生成CO法拉第效率达97％)、活性(CO分电流密度为13.01 mA cm?1)和转换频率(4.25 s?1).表征结果表明,N,O共同调控的Ni是该催化反应的活性中心.此外,得益于N,O共调控的Ni表面,N,O-Ni/CMK3催化剂比O调控的Ni催化剂具有更好的电化学稳定性.本文通过调节Ni催化剂的表面化学环境来调控催化剂与反应中间物种的吸附强度,显著提高了Ni基催化剂对CO2RR反应的催化活性和CO选择性,为开发高活性、高选择性的过渡金属催化剂提供了新思路.     

The reactions and composition of the surface intermediate species in the selective catalytic reduction of NO<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript> with ethylene over Co-ZSM-5

A pretreatment-transient reaction product analysis method was applied to study the reactions and average composition of the possible surface intermediate species in selective catalytic reduction with ethylene of NO _x over Co-ZSM-5. The reactions of the surface species, formed by the pretreatment of Co-ZSM-5 in a NO/C₂H₄/O₂ mixture at 275°C, with the NO/O₂ flow produced much more N₂ than that with the individual NO or O₂ flow. The similarity of N₂/CO _x /H₂O product distribution generated from the above surface species-NO/O₂ reactions and that from the normal NO/C₂H₄/O₂ flow reactions implies that the surface species NC _a O _b H _c formed in the three-component pretreatment process is very likely the primary intermediate surface species generated during the real flow reactions. The in situ FT-IR (DRIFT) spectroscopy measurements of the surface species support the above conclusion.     

Plasma chemistry of NO in complex gas mixtures excited with a surfatron launcher

The plasma chemistry of NO has been investigated in gas mixtures with oxygen and/or hydrocarbon and Ar as carrier gas. Surface wave discharges operating at microwave frequencies have been used for this study. The different plasma reactions have been analyzed for a pressure range between 30 and 75 Torr. Differences in product concentration and/or reaction yields smaller than 10% were found as a function of this parameter. The following gas mixtures have been considered for investigation: Ar/NO, Ar/NO/O2, Ar/NO/CH4, Ar/CH4/O2, Ar/NO/CH4/O2. It is found that NO decomposes into N2 and O2, whereas other products such as CO, H2, and H2O are also formed when CH4 and O2 are present in the reaction mixture. Depending on the working conditions, other minority products such as HCN, CO2, and C2 or higher hydrocarbons have been also detected. The reaction of an Ar/NO plasma with deposits of solid carbon has also been studied. The experiments have provided useful information with respect to the possible removal of soot particles by this type of plasma. It has been shown that carbon deposits are progressively burned off by interaction with the plasma, and practically 100% decomposition of NO was found. Plasma intermediate species have been studied by optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Bands and/or peaks due to N2*, NO*, OH*, C2*, CN*, CH*, or H* were detected with different relative intensities depending on the gas mixture. From the analysis of both the reaction products and efficiency and the type of intermediate species detected by OES, different plasma reactions and processes are proposed to describe the plasma chemistry of NO in each particular mixture of gases. The results obtained provide interesting insights about the plasma removal of NO in real gas exhausts.     

富氧条件下Cu/Al2O3催化剂上C3H6选择性还原NO的研究

以Cu/Al2O3为催化剂,对富氧条件下C3H6为还原剂选择性催化还原NO反应进行了研究.活性评价结果表明,与高活性的Ag/Al2O3催化剂相比,Cu/Al2O3催化剂选择性还原NO的活性较低,NO的最高转化率仅为40%.在所考察的温度范围(473～723K)内,红外谱图中不存在有机含氮化合物(R—ONO和R—NO2)的特征振动吸收峰.作为反应中间体—NCO的前驱体,有机含氮化合物在Cu/Al2O3催化剂表面难以生成是造成催化剂选择性还原NO活性低的直接原因.在Cu/Al2O3催化剂上,NO2吸附能够优先发生,并以NO3-物种的形式覆盖在大部分催化剂表面.动态原位红外光谱实验发现,这种NO3-表面物种与C3H6的反应性较差,使生成有机含氮化合物的关键反应难以发生,但此时的催化剂表面有利于C3H6和O2的完全氧化反应,这是导致Cu/Al2O3催化剂选择性较低的根本原因.     

Removal of NO in NO/N2, NO/N2/O2, NO/CH4/N2, and NO/CH4/O2/N2 systems by flowing microwave discharges

In this paper, continuing previous work, we report on experiments carried out to investigate the removal of NO from simulated flue gas in nonthermal plasmas. The plasma-induced decomposition of small concentrations of NO in N2 used as the carrier gas and O2 and CH4 as minority components has been studied in a surface wave discharge induced with a surfatron launcher. The reaction products and efficiency have been monitored by mass spectrometry as a function of the composition of the mixture. NO is effectively decomposed into N2 and O2 even in the presence of O2, provided always that enough CH4 is also present in the mixture. Other majority products of the plasma reactions under these conditions are NH3, CO, and H2. In the absence of O2, decomposition of NO also occurs, although in that case HCN accompanies the other reaction products as a majority component. The plasma for the different reaction mixtures has been characterized by optical emission spectroscopy. Intermediate excited species of NO*, C*, CN*, NH*, and CH* have been monitored depending on the gas mixture. The type of species detected and their evolution with the gas composition are in agreement with the reaction products detected in each case. The observations by mass spectrometry and optical emission spectroscopy are in agreement with the kinetic reaction models available in literature for simple plasma reactions in simple reaction mixtures.     

介质阻挡放电引发氮氧化物等离子体化学反应

在523 K介质阻挡放电条件下,研究了不同气体组分体系中NO的转化.实验表明,在无氧体系(NO/N2)中,转化的NO主要分解为N2和O2.在富氧(NO/O2/N2)条件下,由于NO和NO2的生成, NO的转化率最低.体系中加入C2H4(NO/C2H4/N2)时, NO转化率与NO/N2体系几乎一样,与NO相比,生成的O更易与C2H4作用,几乎没有NO2的生成.当C2H4和O2共存时(NO/O2/C2H4/N2),NO主要被氧化为NO2.当能量密度为125 J&#8226;L－1时, 与其它体系相比,NO/O2/C2H4/N2体系中NO转化率和NO2生成量最大,转化每个 NO分子能耗最小(61 eV).体系中C2H4主要被氧化为CO.四个体系中N2O的生成量都较少.讨论了介质阻挡放电条件下上述四个体系可能的反应机制.     

An investigation of the reactions of H3O+ and O2+ with NO, NO2, N2O and HNO2 in support of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry

A selected ion flow tube (SIFT) experimental investigation has been carried out of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O2+ with NO, NO2, N2O and HNO2, in order to obtain the essential kinetic data for the analyses of these compounds in air using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS). These investigations show that NO+ ions do not react at a significant rate with any of these NOx compounds and that H3O+ ions react only with HNO2 (product ions H2NO2+ (75%) and NO+ (25%)). O2+ ions react with NO (product ion NO+), NO2 (product ion NO2+) and HNO2 (product ions NO+ (75%), NO2+ (25%)), but not with N2O. We conclude that both NO and NO2 can be accurately quantified in air using only O2+ precursor ions and SIFT-MS when HNO2 is not present. However, when HNO2 is present it invariably co-exists with both NO and NO2 and then both H3O+ and O2+ precursor ions are needed to determine the partial pressures of NO, NO2 and HNO2 in the air mixture. We also conclude that currently N2O cannot be analysed in air using SIFT-MS.     

Experimental study and detailed modeling of toluene degradation in a low-pressure stoichiometric premixed CH4/O2/N2 flame

Temperature and mole fraction profiles have been measured in laminar stoichiometric premixed CH4/O2/N2 and CH4/1.5%C6H5CH3/O2/N2 flames at low pressure (0.0519 bar) by using thermocouple, molecular beam/mass spectrometry (MB/MS), and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) techniques. The present study completes our previous work performed on the thermal degradation of benzene in CH4/O2/N2 operating at similar conditions. Mole fraction profiles of reactants, final products, and reactive and stable intermediate species have been analyzed. The main intermediate aromatic species analyzed in the methane-toluene flame were benzene, phenol, ethylbenzene, benzylalcohol, styrene, and benzaldehyde. These new experimental results have been modeled with our previous model including submechanisms for aromatics (benzene up to p-xylene) and aliphatic (C1 up to C7) oxidation. Good agreement has been observed for the main species analyzed. The main reaction paths governing the degradation of toluene in the methane flame were identified, and it occurs mainly via the formation of benzene (C6H5CH3 + H = C6H6 + CH3) and benzyl radical (C6H5CH3 + H = C6H5CH2 + H2). Due to the abundance of methyl radicals, it was observed that recombination of benzyl and methyl is responsible for main monosubstitute aromatic species analyzed in the methane-toluene flame. The oxidation of these substitute species led to cyclopentadienyl radical as observed in a methane-benzene flame.     

On-line analysis of diesel engine exhaust gases by selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry

Selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) has been used to analyse on-line and in real time the exhaust gas emissions from a Caterpillar 3304 diesel engine under different conditions of load (idle and 50% of rated load) and speed (910, 1500 and 2200 rpm) using three types of fuel: an ultra-low-sulphur diesel, a rapeseed methyl ester and gas oil. SIFT-MS analyses of the alkanes, alkenes and aromatic hydrocarbons in the headspace of these fuels were also performed, but the headspace of the rapeseed methyl ester consists mainly of methanol and a compound with the molecular formula C4H8O. The exhaust gases were analysed for NO and NO2 using O2+* reagent ions and for HNO2 using H3O+ reagent ions. The following aldehydes and ketones in the exhaust gases were quantified by using the combination of H3O+ and NO+ reagent ions: formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propenal, propanal, acetone, butanal, pentanal, butanone and pentanone. Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and pentenal, all known respiratory irritants associated with sensitisation to asthma of workers exposed to diesel exhaust, are variously present within the range 100-2000 ppb. Hydrocarbons in the exhaust gases accessible to SIFT-MS analyses were also quantified as total concentrations of the various isomers of C3H4, C3H6, C4H6, C5H8, C5H10, C6H8, C6H10, C7H14, C6H6, C7H8, C8H10 and C9H12.     

Reduction features of NO over a potassium-doped C12A7-O- catalyst

The NO reduction features over a noble-metal-free NO(x) storage/reduction catalyst ([Ca24Al28O64](4+*)4O-/K, defined as C12A7-O-/K), including the NO conversion, the N2 selectivity, and sulfur tolerance, were investigated with hydrogen and C3H6 as the reducing agents in a fixed-bed continuous flow reactor. The NO conversion and the N2 selectivity on the C12A7-O-/K catalyst mainly depends on the sample temperature, the percentage of potassium, the reducing agents, and the composition of the mixture of gases. The C12A7-O-/10%K catalyst possessed the highest selective reduction ability (to N2) among the catalysts C12A7-O-/x%K. Over 50% of NO can be reduced to N2 with H2 as the reduction agent at 550-700 degrees C. The C12A7-O-/K catalyst also shows higher NO(x) storage capacity (183.9 micromol/g at about 550 degrees C) as well as sulfur tolerance for both the NO(x) storage and the reduction processes. The catalyst characteristics and the intermediate species formed in the NO storage and reduction processes were investigated by the X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The mechanism of NO(x) reduction was addressed according to the above investigations.     

Heterogeneous chemistry of the NO3 free radical and N2O5 on decane flame soot at ambient temperature: reaction products and kinetics

The interaction of NO3 free radical and N2O5 with laboratory flame soot was investigated in a Knudsen flow reactor at T = 298 K equipped with beam-sampling mass spectrometry and in situ REMPI detection of NO2 and NO. Decane (C10H22) has been used as a fuel in a co-flow device for the generation of gray and black soot from a rich and a lean diffusion flame, respectively. The gas-phase reaction products of NO3 reacting with gray soot were NO, N2O5, HONO, and HNO3 with HONO being absent on black soot. The major loss of NO3 is adsorption on gray and black soot at yields of 65 and 59%, respectively, and the main gas-phase reaction product is N2O5 owing to heterogeneous recombination of NO3 with NO2 and NO according to NO3 + {C} --> NO + products. HONO was quantitatively accounted for by the interaction of NO2 with gray soot in agreement with previous work. Product N2O5 was generated through heterogeneous recombination of NO3 with excess NO2, and the small quantity of HNO3 was explained by heterogeneous hydrolysis of N2O5. The reaction products of N2O5 on both types of soot were equimolar amounts of NO and NO2, which suggest the reaction N2O5 + {C} --> N2O3(ads) + products with N2O3(ads) decomposing into NO + NO2. The initial and steady-state uptake coefficients gamma 0 and gamma ss of both NO3 and N2O5 based on the geometric surface area continuously increase with decreasing concentration at a concentration threshold for both types of soot. gamma ss of NO3 extrapolated to [NO3] --> 0 is independent of the type of soot and is 0.33 +/- 0.06 whereas gamma ss for [N2O5] --> 0 is (2.7 +/- 1.0) x 10(-2) and (5.2 +/- 0.2) x 10(-2) for gray and black soot, respectively. Above the concentration threshold of both NO3 and N2O5, gamma ss is independent of concentration with gamma ss(NO3) = 5.0 x 10(-2) and gamma ss(N2O5) = 5.0 x 10(-3). The inverse concentration dependence of gamma below the concentration threshold reveals a complex reaction mechanism for both NO3 and N2O5. The atmospheric significance of these results is briefly discussed.