Ammonia aged montmorillonite as ice nuclei
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Ice nucleation of ammonia gas exposed montmorillonite mineral dust particles A. Salam, U. Lohmann, and G. Lesins Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Received: 23 October 2006 – Accepted: 14 November 2006 – Published: 10 January 2007 Correspondence to: A. Salam ([email protected])
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