Articles | Volume 16, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11477-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11477-2016
Research article
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15 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 15 Sep 2016

A comparative study of K-rich and Na/Ca-rich feldspar ice-nucleating particles in a nanoliter droplet freezing assay

Andreas Peckhaus, Alexei Kiselev, Thibault Hiron, Martin Ebert, and Thomas Leisner

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AR by Alexey Kiselev on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Jul 2016) by Allan Bertram
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (19 Jul 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Jul 2016)
ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (29 Jul 2016) by Allan Bertram
AR by Alexey Kiselev on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (16 Aug 2016) by Allan Bertram
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The precipitation in midlatitude clouds proceeds predominantly via nucleation of ice in the supercooled droplets containing foreign inclusions, like feldspar mineral dust, that have been recently identified as one of the most active ice nucleating agents in the atmosphere. We have built an apparatus to observe the freezing of feldspar immersed in up to 1500 identical droplets simultaneously. With this setup we investigated four feldspar samples and show that it can induce freezing at −5 °C.
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