Freezing of water droplets colliding with kaolinite particles
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Freezing of water droplets colliding with kaolinite particles. / Svensson, Erik Anders; Delval, Christophe Eric Ludovic; Freiherr von Und zu Hessberg, P J H; Johnson, Matthew Stanley; Pettersson, J. B. C.
I: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Bind 9, Nr. 13, 27.01.2009, s. 4295-4300.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Freezing of water droplets colliding with kaolinite particles
AU - Svensson, Erik Anders
AU - Delval, Christophe Eric Ludovic
AU - Freiherr von Und zu Hessberg, P J H
AU - Johnson, Matthew Stanley
AU - Pettersson, J. B. C.
PY - 2009/1/27
Y1 - 2009/1/27
N2 - Contact freezing of single supercooled water droplets colliding with kaolinite dust particleshas been investigated. The experiments were performed with droplets levitatedin an electrodynamic balance at temperatures from 240 to 268 K. Under dry conditionsfreezing 5 was observed to occur below 249 K, while a freezing threshold of 267 K wasobserved at high relative humidity. The effect of relative humidity is attributed to aninfluence on the contact freezing process for the kaolinite-water droplet system, andit is not related to the lifetime of the droplets in the electrodynamic balance. Freezingprobabilities per collision were derived assuming that collisions at the lowest temper10ature employed had a probability of unity. The data recorded at high humidity shouldbe most relevant to atmospheric conditions, and the results indicate that parameterizationscurrently used in modelling studies to describe freezing rates are appropriate forkaolinite aerosol particles. Mechanisms for contact freezing are briefly discussed.
AB - Contact freezing of single supercooled water droplets colliding with kaolinite dust particleshas been investigated. The experiments were performed with droplets levitatedin an electrodynamic balance at temperatures from 240 to 268 K. Under dry conditionsfreezing 5 was observed to occur below 249 K, while a freezing threshold of 267 K wasobserved at high relative humidity. The effect of relative humidity is attributed to aninfluence on the contact freezing process for the kaolinite-water droplet system, andit is not related to the lifetime of the droplets in the electrodynamic balance. Freezingprobabilities per collision were derived assuming that collisions at the lowest temper10ature employed had a probability of unity. The data recorded at high humidity shouldbe most relevant to atmospheric conditions, and the results indicate that parameterizationscurrently used in modelling studies to describe freezing rates are appropriate forkaolinite aerosol particles. Mechanisms for contact freezing are briefly discussed.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 9
SP - 4295
EP - 4300
JO - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
JF - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
SN - 1680-7316
IS - 13
ER -
ID: 17111716