Electrofreezing effect and nucleation of ice crystals in free growth experiments
Electrofreezing is an effect where an electrostatically charged surface in contact with a supercooled liquid or an externally applied electric field significantly enhances nucleation of the solid phase. The electrofreezing effect has been used as a tool to nucleate ice and heavy ice crystals in free...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Applied physics letters 1998-01, Vol.72 (2), p.264-266 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Electrofreezing is an effect where an electrostatically charged surface in contact with a supercooled liquid or an externally applied electric field significantly enhances nucleation of the solid phase. The electrofreezing effect has been used as a tool to nucleate ice and heavy ice crystals in free-growth experiments at supercooling greater than 1.5 °C. In order to nucleate ice crystals at smaller supercooling, we describe a device which uses a combination of a thermoelectric cooler and the electrofreezing effect. This system has been used to nucleate crystals at a supercooling down to 0.1 °C, but this figure is only limited by the temperature stability of the growth medium. |
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ISSN: | 0003-6951 1077-3118 |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.120705 |