Kaolinite particles as ice nuclei: Learning from the use of different kaolinite samples and different coatings

• Main Authors: Wex, H., Demott, P.J., Tobo, Y., Hartmann, S., Rösch, M., Clauss, T., Tomsche, L., Niedermeier, D., Stratmann, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen : Copernicus 2014
• Subjects: cloud microphysics; feldspar; freezing; ice core; kaolinite; nucleation; sulfuric acid; supersaturation; water vapor; 550; Fluka
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.34657/4268; https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/5639

Kaolinite particles from two different sources (Fluka and Clay Minerals Society (CMS)) were examined with respect to their ability to act as ice nuclei (IN). This was done in the water-subsaturated regime where often deposition ice nucleation is assumed to occur, and for water-supersaturated conditi...