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Why Is Ice Slippery?

2005/12/01 by R. Rosenberg · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Medicine · #Cryospheric studies and observations #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.2169444

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Abstract

In 1859 Michael Faraday postulated that a thin film of liquid covers the surface of ice—even at temperatures well below freezing. Neglected for nearly a century, the dynamics of ice surfaces has now grown into an active research topic.

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