Frazil ice
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frazil-ice-198-12387888
title:
Frazil ice
text:
Frazil ice is a collection of loose, randomly oriented ice crystals millimeter and sub-millimeter in size, with various shapes, e.g. elliptical disks, dendrites, needles and of an irregular nature. Frazil ice forms during the winter in open-water reaches of rivers as well as in lakes and reservoirs, where and when the water is in a turbulent state, which is, in turn, induced by the action of waves and currents. Turbulence causes the water column to become supercooled, as the heat exchange betwee
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description:
Collections of ice crystals in open water
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazil_ice
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date modified:
2024-04-06T20:12:08Z
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13
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