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How silver iodide triggers ice formation at the atomic level
No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known as cloud seeding, typically involves dispersing small silver iodide particles from aircraft into clouds. These particles act as seeds on which water molecules accumulate, forming ice crystals that grow and eventually become heavy enough to fall to the ground as rain or snow.
Silver iodide particles are symmetrical in the same way as ice crystals. However, this is not the reason why it rains or snows when spraying clouds with them.
Researchers in Vienna have demonstrated for the first time how silver iodide triggers artificial rain at the atomic level. This finding has significant implications for weather and climate research.
New research clarifies atomic-scale mechanism behind cloud seeding with silver iodide
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 04, 2025 No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known as cloud seeding, typically involves dispersing small silver iodide particles from aircraft into clouds. These particles act as seeds on which water molecules accumulate, forming ice crystals that grow and eventually become heavy enough to fall to the ground as rain or sno
No one can control the weather, but some clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known as cloud sowing, usually consists of dispersing small silver diodiodiode particles from aircraft into clouds. These particles act as seeds on which molecules [...]
The TU Vienna shows for the first time how cloud vaccines with silver iodide work at the atomic level. Can rain be generated even better with this knowledge in the future? The article Cloud vaccines deciphered: How silver iodide rain can be generated first appeared on ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.
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