Ice Surface Entropy Induction by Humidity or How Humidity Prompts Freezing
Other Condensed Matter
2015-09-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
In this work we measured Surface Energy and Freezing Temperature of supercooled water droplets in air. We find that freezing of water droplets is triggered at the water-air interface and that freezing progresses faster on the surface than in the bulk. The Freezing Point of water droplets is strongly depressed by dryness in air and how humidity triggers freezing. Additionally it is shown to be a Surface phenomenon related to a transfer of Entropy from water vapour to the surface of ice.
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@article{arxiv.1509.06728,
title = {Ice Surface Entropy Induction by Humidity or How Humidity Prompts Freezing},
author = {Jose Luis Perez-Diaz and Marco Antonio Alvarez-Valenzuela and Juan Sanchez-Garcia-Casarrubios and Sergio Jimenez-Lopez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06728},
year = {2015}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures, 3 video links