Not all feldspars are equal: a survey of ice nucleating properties
across the feldspar group of minerals

Harrison, Alexander D.; Whale, Thomas F.; Carpenter, Michael A.; Holden, Mark A.; Neve, Lesley; O'Sullivan, Daniel; Vergara Temprado, Jesus; Murray, Benjamin J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10927-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 17

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 10927–10940, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10927-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 10927–10940, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-10927-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 17

Research article 05 Sep 2016

Research article | 05 Sep 2016

Not all feldspars are equal: a survey of ice nucleating properties across the feldspar group of minerals

Alexander D. Harrison et al.

Data sets

Dataset associated with "Not all feldspars are equal: A survey of ice nucleating properties across the feldspar group of minerals'" A. D. Harrison, T. F. Whale, M. A. Carpenter, M. A. Holden, L. Neve, D. O'Sullivan, J. Vergara Temprado, and B. J. Murray https://doi.org/10.5518/85

Short summary

Mineral dust particles are known to act as effective ice nucleating particles in the atmosphere and to play a role in the glaciation of mixed phase clouds. We have measured the ice nucleation activity of 15 different feldspar samples using a droplet freezing experiment and shown that alkali feldspars nucleate ice much more efficiently than plagioclase feldspars. We have also shown that certain "hyper-active" alkali feldspars nucleate ice very efficiently compared to typical alkali feldspars.