The Hofmeister effect of inorganic ions to precipitate proteins has been used to understand the coagulation phenomenon in colloid and protein science. Herein, for the first time, this effect is studied on the hygroscopicity of aerosols using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The representative Hofmeister salts (MgSO, KCl, NHNO) and amino acid (glycine) with different amino acid/salt molar ratios (ASRs) are mixed and atomized into micrometer-sized particles. For mixed kosmotrope (MgSO)/glycine and chaotrope (NHNO)/glycine with an ASR of 1:1, both ERHs (efflorescence relative humidities) and DRHs (deliquescence relative humidities) are absent. However, for the mixtures of glycine and neutral salt (KCl), no DRH is observed while 66.2 and 61.4% ERH of glycine is detected for mixtures with ASRs of 1:1 and 1:3, respectively, which is similar to pure glycine. For the mixture of NHNO/glycine with an ASR of 1:3, ERH and DRH are found to be 15.4 and 32.2% RH, less than that of pure NHNO. Further, interactions between glycine-salt and/or water is also studied in the mixtures during hydration and dehydration. Water-mediated ion-glycine interaction is detected based on the two glycine bands merging into one band. Glycine-SO interaction is present for glycine/sulfate in all ASRs, while glycine-NO interaction is only seen for 1:3 glycine/NHNO mixtures during hydration. This work opens a window to understand the Hofmeister effect on the hygroscopicity of atmospheric aerosols.
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