The effects of electric field on ice nucleation may be masked by the inherent stochastic nature of nucleation.
We use an automatic lag time apparatus to show that an electric field of 5*10(4) V/m-1 appears to have no effect on the nucleation of supercooled water. Previously reported effects at similar magnitude fields are most likely due to the inherent stochastic nature of liquid to solid nucleation.
Wilson
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PW
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA. pwilson@ucsd.edu
Osterday
K
K
Haymet
A D J
AD
D003080:Cold Temperature; D003460:Crystallization; D004560:Electricity; D007053:Ice; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D007053:Ice; D014867:Water