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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2751-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2751-2019
Research article
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18 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 18 Oct 2019

Laboratory study of the properties of frazil ice particles and flocs in water of different salinities

Christopher C. Schneck, Tadros R. Ghobrial, and Mark R. Loewen

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Properties of suspended frazil ice and flocs in water of different salinities were measured in the lab using high-resolution images. It was found that freshwater frazil particles and flocs were larger than in saline water by ~13 % and 75 %, respectively. Both the growth rate of particles and the porosity of flocs decreased with salinity and ranged between 0.174 and 0.024 mm min−1 and 86 % and 75 % for freshwater and 35 ‰ saline water, respectively.