A rare form of ice at the center of a cool new discovery about how water droplets freeze

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Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo explain a new mechanism for ice formation. Ice can form near the free surface of a water droplet via small precursors with a structure resembling ice 0. These are readily formed by negative pressure effects due to surface tension, creating ring-like structures with the same characteristics as ice 0, which act as seeds for nucleation, providing a mechanism for the bulk formation of ice.

2024.07.26

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A rare form of ice at the center of a cool new discovery about how water droplets freeze

Researchers from #UTokyo_IIS have found that ice starts forming near the surface of water via structures similar to a rare, recently discovered type of ice, which helps us understand ice formation better.