Mechanism for Multiplication of Atmospheric Ice Crystals: Apparent Charge Distribution on Laboratory Crystals
- 21 June 1968
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 160 (3834) , 1345-1346
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.160.3834.1345
Abstract
Replication of ice crystals with vapor of methyl 2-cyanoacrylate has produced evidence of whiskers on them; an additional mechanism for the necessary multiplication of ice crystals in the atmosphere is suggested. This replication technique also confirms crystal clustering in the atmosphere and appears to confirm the distribution of electrical charge on ice crystals.Keywords
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