Exploratory experiments on pre-activated freezing nucleation on mercuric iodide

Vali, Gabor

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2551-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2551-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2551-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

Research article

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19 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 19 Feb 2021

Exploratory experiments on pre-activated freezing nucleation on mercuric iodide

Gabor Vali

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RC1: 'review of Vali (2020)', Thomas Leisner, 26 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Gabor Vali, 13 Jan 2021
RC2: 'referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Gabor Vali, 13 Jan 2021

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AR by Mario Ebel on behalf of the Authors (14 Jan 2021) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (14 Jan 2021) by Hinrich Grothe

AR by Gabor Vali on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2021) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The freezing of water drops in clouds is a prime example for the role of ice-nucleating particles (INPs). Mercuric iodide particles and a few other substances can be conditioned to become very effective INPs after previous ice formation and moderate heating to melt temperatures, opening a new pathway to ice formation in the atmosphere and in other systems like tissue preservation, artificial snow making, and more.