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Science 13 October 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3798, pp. 256 - 257
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3798.256
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Temperature-Dependence of the Polarity of Electrical Charges on Ice Crystals

F. Kirk Odencrantz 1 and Roger W. Buecher 1

1 Research Department, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California 93555

The electrical polarity of ice crystals produced from a super-cooled cloud is temperature-dependent. The charge polarity appears to be associated with the crystal habit. This phenomenon may be important in precipitation and cloud electrification processes.


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