Summary
The paper presents a thermodynamic theory for homogeneous ice nucleation, which expresses the nucleation rate coefficient as a function of water activity and pressure.
Details
- Original title: Water activity as the determinant for homogeneous ice nucleation in aqueous solutions.
- Record ID : 2001-2111
- Languages: English
- Source: Nature - vol. 406 - n. 6796
- Publication date: 2000/08/10
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
- Themes: Thermodynamics and changes of state
- Keywords: Supercooling; Nucleation; Freezing; Change of phase; Water; Water activity
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Freezing phenomena of supercooled water under i...
- Author(s) : HOZUMI T., SAITO A., OKAWA S., et al.
- Date : 2002/11
- Languages : English
- Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 25 - n. 7
- Formats : PDF
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Active control of phase change from supercooled...
- Author(s) : INADA T., ZHANG X., YABE A., et al.
- Date : 2001/12
- Languages : English
- Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 44 - n. 23
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Investigation on solid-liquid phase change kine...
- Author(s) : DU Y., GUI Y., XIAO C., et al.
- Date : 2008/08
- Languages : Chinese
- Source: Journal of Refrigeration - vol. 29 - n. 4
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Freezing of a water droplet due to evaporation ...
- Author(s) : SATOH I., FUSHINOBU K., HASHIMOTO Y.
- Date : 2002/03
- Languages : English
- Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 25 - n. 2
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- Author(s) : STEYER A.
- Date : 1992
- Languages : French
- Source: C. R. Acad. Sci., Vie Sci. - vol. 9 - n. 1
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