Singular sublimation of ice and snow crystals

Ice sublimation is a common, yet little-studied, heat and mass transfer problem with climatic and industrial implications. Here, the authors show that the sublimation of ice crystals is purely diffusive and is unaffected by the underlying crystalline lattice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Etienne Jambon-Puillet, Noushine Shahidzadeh, Daniel Bonn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06689-x