The Sintering Process in Snow
The growth of bonds between snow grains or ice spheres has been variously attributed to surface diffusion, volume diffusion, and evaporation–condensation. To distinguish among these possible mechanisms the unconfined compressive strength of two groups of snow samples was determined as a function of...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000019535 2024-06-16T07:41:10+00:00 The Sintering Process in Snow Ramseier, René O. Keeler, Charles M. 1966 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000019535 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000019535 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 6, issue 45, page 421-424 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 journal-article 1966 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000019535 2024-05-22T12:56:00Z The growth of bonds between snow grains or ice spheres has been variously attributed to surface diffusion, volume diffusion, and evaporation–condensation. To distinguish among these possible mechanisms the unconfined compressive strength of two groups of snow samples was determined as a function of time. One group was allowed to sinter under atmospheric conditions while the other group was kept immersed in silicone oil. The much lower rate of strengthening of the latter group suggests that evaporation–condensation must be the major mechanism of mass transport in snow under atmospheric conditions. The possible magnitudes of the various mass transfer coefficients are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 6 45 421 424 |
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The growth of bonds between snow grains or ice spheres has been variously attributed to surface diffusion, volume diffusion, and evaporation–condensation. To distinguish among these possible mechanisms the unconfined compressive strength of two groups of snow samples was determined as a function of time. One group was allowed to sinter under atmospheric conditions while the other group was kept immersed in silicone oil. The much lower rate of strengthening of the latter group suggests that evaporation–condensation must be the major mechanism of mass transport in snow under atmospheric conditions. The possible magnitudes of the various mass transfer coefficients are discussed. |
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