| | Info and facts on 'Supercooling' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Supercooling is the process of chilling a liquid (A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure) below its freezing point (The temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid), without it becoming solid (A three-dimensional shape). |
 | | Water has a melting point of 0°C; its dynamic arrest point is -39°C. Droplets of supercooled water often exist in stratiform and cumulus cloud (A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude) s. |
 | | They form into ice (Water frozen in the solid state) when they are struck by the wings of passing airplane (An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets) s and abruptly crystallize. |
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