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THE sources and the composition of atmospheric ice nuclei (particles initiating the phase transition to ice at temperatures between 0° C and −40° C) are still largely unidentified, chiefly because they make up an extremely small fraction (perhaps 1 in 106) of the total atmospheric aerosol and because they are a heterogeneous mixture of substances whose only common property is the ability to nucleate ice.
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SCHNELL, R., VALI, G. Atmospheric Ice Nuclei from Decomposing Vegetation. Nature 236, 163–165 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236163a0
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