Ice Nucleation by Micas
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- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 34 (6) , 957-960
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1977)034<0957:inbm>2.0.co;2
Abstract
A fluorine mica, fluorophlogopite, has been found to produce higher bulk water freezing temperature than many other nucleating agents including the parent hydroxyphlogopite and even silver iodide. It is the most efficient catalyst yet found in this Laboratory. Fluorophlogopite has an inherently large mismatch with ice crystals but the water cluster embryo is apparently sustained by an F-H-O hydrogen bond assisted by neighboring potassium ions.Keywords
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