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The Science of Snowmaking

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From The New York Times, Olympics 2014: The Science of Snowmaking:Β 

Machines make snow the same way nature does, by freezing water droplets. But they do it a few feet above the ground, rather than in the much colder conditions high in the atmosphere. Snowmaking machines employ a few thermodynamic tricks to help, but at times there is a limit to what physics can do…

…a droplet may not freeze entirely during the few seconds it takes to fall to the ground β€” what snowmakers call hang time.

β€œWe’re basically making eggs,” Mr. Moulton said β€” icy shells around still-liquid centers.

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