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    Cloud condensation nuclei (CCNs), also known as cloud seeds, are small particles typically 0.2 μm, or one hundredth the size of a cloud droplet. CCNs...
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    liquid water when in contact with a liquid or solid surface or cloud condensation nuclei within the atmosphere. When the transition happens from the gaseous...
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  • Contrail (redirect from Condensation trail)
    weight in jet fuel) provide some of the particles that serve as cloud condensation nuclei for water droplet growth in the exhaust. If water droplets form...
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    loops. On a microscopic scale, clouds are formed through the condensation of water on cloud condensation nuclei. These nuclei are aerosols such as dust or...
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    other matter, known as condensation nuclei. Cloud droplets initially form by the condensation of water vapor onto condensation nuclei when the supersaturation...
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    underlying marine cloud brightening is to add aerosols to atmospheric locations where clouds form. These would then act as cloud condensation nuclei, increasing...
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    In the atmosphere, condensation produces clouds, fog and precipitation (usually only when facilitated by cloud condensation nuclei). The dew point of...
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  • DNA condensation, the process of compacting DNA molecules Cloud condensation nuclei, airborne particles required for cloud formation Condensation (aerosol...
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    presence of abundant nuclei of condensation produced as a result of combustion. These clouds are commonly known as condensation trails (contrails), and...
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    needed] These particles are the dominant cloud condensation nuclei far out at sea, which allow the formation of clouds in otherwise non-polluted air. Salt...
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