Rates of homogeneous ice nucleation in levitated H2O and D 2O droplets
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Abstract
Rates of homogeneous nucleation of H2O droplets in a temperature range from 236.37 to 237.91 K and of D2O droplets from 241.34 to 242.33 K were measured. The single microdroplets consisted of pure H 2O or D2O and were levitated in an electrodynamic balance. In comparison to H2O, D2O shows a stronger tendency to nucleate. Over the investigated temperature interval, D2O droplets need to be supercooled less by 1.1 K compared to H2O droplets in order to arrive at the same nucleation rate. This is in good agreement with the higher degree of intermolecular association in liquid D2O, a fact which has been well established previously both from theory and experimental studies.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2540-2546 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry A |
Volume | 109 |
Issue number | 11 |
Publication status | Published - 24 Mar 2005 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 16833556 |
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