Quickmelt (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Quickmelt

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A laser (red arrow) creates a tiny drop of supercooled water above ice, allowing scientists to use a method called IRAS (green arrows) to measure in nanoseconds how fast supercooled water turns back into ice.

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Kay, Kimmel/PNNL

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