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RESULTS: NUCLEATION WITH AND WITHOUT FILTERING


Here we show data for two sets of nucleation experiments employing filtered and unfiltered Pyramid Lake waters. Unfiltered waters require less added CaCl2 and lower symbol1.gif to induce whitings, because particulates act as heterogeneous nucleation sites.

table of nucleation with and without filtering

Aragonite nucleates in unfiltered waters more readily

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