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ice crystals

A type of precipitation composed of unbranched ice crystals in the form of needles, columns, or plates. These have a light downward motion and may fall from a cloudless sky.

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2008) report that crystals with threefold symmetry were present in the TTL but were rare, and that ice crystals were sometimes larger than 100 pm in contrast to the smaller-than-50-pm size reported by Heymsfield (1986).

Trigonal ice crystals in earth's atmosphere: ice crystals with threefold symmetry in the atmosphere may not be made of hexagonal ice

A test facility, named A06, has been identified as the best candidate and has been upgraded to be able to simulate high Mach number and to generate ice crystals.

Improvement of an altitude test facility capability in glaciated icing conditions at DGA Aero-engine testing

The majority of ice crystals are hexagonal, or six-sided, and the most common angle light is refracted through them is about 220.

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Their model hinges on the idea that ice crystals are forming on atmospheric particles that were previously thought to be useless for making ice crystals.

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US plane maker Boeing told airlines last month to avoid flying the 787s within 50 nautical miles of thunderstorms to avoid formation of ice crystals.

Chinese cloud over Air India Dreamliners

This was because smaller ice crystals formed in the meat, which left behind a finer network of micro-canals that the bugs found more difficult to travel through.

Frozen meat poses food-poison threat

The sugar keeps a certain amount of water unfrozen (about 28 percent) by retaining it, which keeps large ice crystals from forming or binding to each other.

Homemade ice cream, gelato, sherbet and more

C per minute) that solidify without the formation of ice crystal by direct immersion into liquid nitrogen in order for the oocytes to be transitioned from 37?

Tawam Hospital celebrates 1st baby from frozen egg

In nature, the extent of supercooling required for ice formation is modified by the presence of solid particles in the water, which serve as nucleation sites for the initial formation of ice crystals known as frazil ice (Martin, 1981).

Anchor ice and benthic disturbance in shallow Antarctic waters: interspecific variation in initiation and propagation of ice crystals

Liz, Kings Heath A When making ice cream and sorbets, the quicker they are churned down the fewer ice crystals are formed.

Nice ice cream is crystal clear

A FLURRY of ice crystals and the whirr of a chainsaw marked London's first ice sculpting festival yesterday.

BIG FREEZE HITS WILDLIFE IN THE CITY

Depending on the colour scheme, they resemble shimmering blossoms or ice crystals.