The above - wing air expands rapidly and cools to — 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature at
which supercooled water turns to ice.
Not exact matches
Accordingly, the team instead examined a model describing the behaviour of
supercooled water, in
which previous work showed a phase transition.
Kerner suggests that heavy traffic behaves like
supercooled steam, in
which it only takes a molecular «seed» to trigger millions of molecules to condense into
water.
That includes mixedphase clouds,
which occur in polar regions and combine
supercooled water with ice.
The properties of
supercooled water are important for understanding basic processes during cryoprotection,
which is the preservation of tissue or cells by liquid nitrogen so they can be thawed without damaged, said Wang, an associate professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.
The researchers conducted 124 experiments of
which 22 were deemed to have accurately measured ice crystal growth rates in
supercooled water containing a glycoprotein impurity.
The properties of
supercooled water are important for understanding basic processes during cryoprotection,
which is the preservation of tissue or cells by liquid nitrogen so they can be thawed without damage, said Wang, an associate professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.
Eventually, when a temperature of about -10 °C is reached, the
water droplets of the cloud (
which are by then
supercooled) begin to freeze and become ice crystals.
Scientists measured properties of
water at deeply
supercooled temperatures —
which may help theorists flesh out their understanding of
water and help atmospheric scientists better understand rain and clouds.