ice crystal
Noun
Meaning
small crystals of ice
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Ice crystal growth Guar gum retards ice crystal growth nonspecifically by slowing mass transfer across the solid/liquid interface.
The droplet then grows by diffusion of water molecules in the air (vapor) onto the ice crystal surface where they are collected.
These "cages" are unstable when empty, collapsing into conventional ice crystal structure, but they are stabilised by the inclusion of the gas molecule within them.