Chipping Away at How Ice Forms Could Keep Windshields, Power Lines Ice-Free (IMAGE)

American Chemical Society

Chipping Away at How Ice Forms Could Keep Windshields, Power Lines Ice-Free

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Surface atoms on a dust particle (shown in red, white, pink and yellow) impose an arrangement on water molecules (blue) that can promote or inhibit ice formation.

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Sapna Sarupria and Ryan DeFever

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