{"id":185724,"date":"2024-03-22T00:23:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T05:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/freezing-point-phenomena-unlocking-the-strange-secrets-of-ice-nucleation"},"modified":"2024-03-22T00:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T05:23:52","slug":"freezing-point-phenomena-unlocking-the-strange-secrets-of-ice-nucleation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/freezing-point-phenomena-unlocking-the-strange-secrets-of-ice-nucleation","title":{"rendered":"Freezing Point Phenomena: Unlocking the Strange Secrets of Ice Nucleation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Hr5md2cftY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Research unveils a mathematical model for ice nucleation, showing how surface angles affect water\u2019s freezing point, with applications in snowmaking and cloud seeding.<\/p>\n<p>From abstract-looking cloud formations to roars of snow machines on ski slopes, the transformation of liquid water into solid ice touches many facets of life. Water\u2019s freezing point is generally accepted to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But that is due to ice nucleation \u2014 impurities in everyday water raise its freezing point to this temperature. Now, researchers unveil a theoretical model that shows how specific structural details on surfaces can influence water\u2019s freezing point.<\/p>\n<p>Research Findings and Their Implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research unveils a mathematical model for ice nucleation, showing how surface angles affect water\u2019s freezing point, with applications in snowmaking and cloud seeding. From abstract-looking cloud formations to roars of snow machines on ski slopes, the transformation of liquid water into solid ice touches many facets of life. Water\u2019s freezing point is generally accepted to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2810,2229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geoengineering","category-mathematics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}