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SCHAEFER1 was unable to detect any trace of ice-crystal formation when he vaporized a sample of iron–nickel meteorite by electric spark in a supercooled cloud—even in clouds as cold as −25° C. Mason and Maybank2, who ground up and vaporized three samples of stony meteorites, and Mason3 with three further samples also reported that they were unable to detect any production of ice-crystals at temperatures above −17° C This communication records the results of tests on the nucleating properties of a further thirteen samples of meteoritic materials. These comprised iron–nickel types (siderites), stony type (aerolites), plus two samples of the intermediate (siderolite) variety (all obtained from the American Meteorite Laboratory, Denver).
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Schaefer, V. J., Artificial Stimulation of Rain, edit. by Weickmann, H., and Smith, W., 18 (Pergamon Press, London, 1957).
Mason, B. J., and Maybank, J., Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 84, 235 (1958).
Mason, B. J., Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 86, 552 (1960).
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QURESHI, M., MAYBANK, J. Further Tests on the Ice Nucleation Potential of Meteoritic Material. Nature 211, 508–509 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211508a0
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