ice crystal
collocation in Englishmeaningsoficeandcrystal
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ice
noun
uk/aɪs/us/aɪs/
water that has frozen and become solid, or pieces ...
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crystal
noun
uk/ˈkrɪs.təl/us/ˈkrɪs.təl/
transparent glass of very high quality, usually with its surface cut into ...
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(Definition oficeandcrystalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, slower cooling usually favorsicecrystalformation, which would, at minimum, alter the contraction of the solvent and could itself damage the crystal.
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Freezing of samples was initiated by adding a smallicecrystal.
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This would slow the freezing process and increase the possibility oficecrystaldamage occurring.
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Biological material is cryofrozen by rapid freezing (in the microsecond to millisecond range) to preventicecrystalformation.
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Antifreeze protein modulates cell survival during cryopreservation: mediation through influence onicecrystalgrowth.
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We have not weather radar which can give warning oficecrystalclouds which are dangerous to aircraft flying within this distance.
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The snowflake occurs in modern heraldry, sometimes blazoned as a snow crystal oricecrystal.
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The highly symmetric shapes are due to depositional growth, namely, direct deposition of water vapour onto theicecrystal.
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The freezing speed has direct influence on the nucleation process and theicecrystalsize.
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Without the support of the trapped molecules, the lattice structure of hydrate clathrates would collapse into conventionalicecrystalstructure or liquid water.
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Ice vapour pressure continues to increase until it reaches equilibrium with the surrounding solution (water), at which point the growth of theicecrystalstops.
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These cages are unstable when empty, collapsing into conventionalicecrystalstructure, but they are stabilised by the inclusion of the gas molecule within them.
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They controlicecrystalgrowth brought on by thawing on the loading dock or kitchen table which drastically reduces texture quality.
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Other terms, such as grease ice and pancake ice, are used foricecrystalaccumulations under the action of wind and waves.
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As the seawater freezes and salt is forced out of the pureicecrystallattice, the surrounding water becomes more saline.
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This is in contrast to ordinary freezing which results inicecrystalformation.
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This occurs because the surface area of theicecrystaldecreases and it causes less refraction and scattering of light.
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As of 2000, researchers claim vitrification provides the benefits of cryopreservation without damage due toicecrystalformation.
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This is a subsaturated environment for liquid water but a supersaturated environment for ice resulting in rapid evaporation of liquid water and rapidicecrystalgrowth through vapor deposition.
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