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'''Nucleation''' is a crystallization process. Water needs a solid point to freeze into ice, so pure water drops do not freeze. Once they touch the surface, the drops start freezing immediately.   
'''Nucleation''' is a crystallization process. Water needs a solid point to freeze into ice, so pure water drops do not freeze. Once they touch the surface, the drops start freezing immediately.   


<ref>Pruppacher, H. R. et al. (1998) Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation. Aerosol Science and Technology. [Online] 28 (4), 381–382.</ref>  <ref>Will it rain, sleet or snow?, Weather.Gov, webpage, available (accessed 29.2.2021): <nowiki>https://www.weather.gov/source/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/winter_stuff/winter_w</nowiki> x/winter_wx.html</ref>
<ref>Pruppacher, H. R. et al. (1998) Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation. Aerosol Science and Technology. [Online] 28 (4), 381–382.</ref>

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Nucleation is a crystallization process. Water needs a solid point to freeze into ice, so pure water drops do not freeze. Once they touch the surface, the drops start freezing immediately.

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  1. ↑ Pruppacher, H. R. et al. (1998) Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation. Aerosol Science and Technology. [Online] 28 (4), 381–382.
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