Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018 WS AmsterdamThe Netherlands
Abstract:
The onset of crystallization of supercooled water upon lowering the temperature is highly unpredictable, depending strongly on the specific sample and its treatment. The mechanism causing this is to be investigated and may be found in terms of the dependence of the transition temperature on the shear acting in the convecting liquid. This effect of shear on the fluctuation spectrum is considered qualitatively.