Ice Nucleation by Coprecipitated Silver Iodide and Silver Bromide
@article{Vonnegut1971IceNB, title={Ice Nucleation by Coprecipitated Silver Iodide and Silver Bromide}, author={Bernard Vonnegut and Henry Chessin}, journal={Science}, year={1971}, volume={174}, pages={945 - 946} }
The ability of silver iodide to cause freezing of supercooled water is improved if up to 30 percent of the iodine atoms in the crystal are replaced with bromine atoms.
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