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On The Survival Curve of Repeated Nucleation of a Single Volume of Supercooled Water

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: If a sample of water is repeatedly cooled into the supercooled region until it eventually nucleates and freezes, the resulting data on nucleation temperatures can be plotted as a survival curve. We look here at the slope of such curves and suggest some reasons for both a changing slope, either with time or with more repeats, and also for the slope being related to multiple nucleation sites, either at the same time or perhaps subatomic particles, such as neutrons, passing through the sample and causing nucleation, rather than an impurity or defect on the container wall.

Source: Japan Journal of Research

DOI: 10.33425/2690-8077.1203

Authors: PW Wilson, T Fooks, K Kennard, M Senior

Institutions: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

Language: English

Topic: nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4414074898

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