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MODIFICATION by electric fields of the growth of ice crystals has been observed under various conditions. Schaefer1, who was the first to report rapid growth of ice in the form of whisker-like aggregates at high electrical gradients, observed that super-cooled water droplets were projected outwards from the whisker tips. Marshall and Gunn2 found that the growth of ice crystals in relatively weak electric fields was initiated as opaque sprouts, which later grew many irregular branches of small cross-section and of no recognizable crystal habit. More recent observations3,4, including studies of the growth of ice crystals in a diffusion cloud chamber, have yielded essentially similar results.
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MAYBANK, J., BARTHAKUR, N. Growth and Destruction of Ice Filaments in an Electric Field. Nature 216, 50–52 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216050a0
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