Supercooled water undergoes rapid freezing when disturbed due to nucleation sites
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Supercooled water remains in a liquid state below its freezing point until a disturbance or the introduction of nucleation sites triggers rapid crystallization.
Evidence for · 3
The heterogeneous and homogeneous nucleation of supercooled water
1958 · cited by 117
Paper 0 establishes that the freezing behavior of supercooled water droplets depends heavily on heterogeneous nucleation from foreign nuclei or aerosols.
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More for · 2
Anti-Icing Organogel Enables Quasi-Homogeneous Supercooling Preservation of Mouse Hearts.
2025 · cited by 2
Paper 5 notes that supercooled systems are susceptible to stochastic ice nucleation and that eliminating primary nucleation sites enables stable supercooling preservation.
Ice crystallization kinetics in supercooled droplets from a molecular perspective.
2026 · cited by 1
Paper 8 describes surface-initiated freezing and nucleation dynamics in supercooled systems, demonstrating how mechanical and physical disturbances affect ice formation.