Articles | Volume 13, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6603-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6603-2013
Research article
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12 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 12 Jul 2013

Immersion freezing of water and aqueous ammonium sulfate droplets initiated by humic-like substances as a function of water activity

Y. J. Rigg, P. A. Alpert, and D. A. Knopf

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