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hygroscopic nuclei


piece of dust or other particle around which water condenses in the atmophere. These tiny droplets then collide and coalesce, with as many as 10,000 nuclei contributing to formation of a raindrop.
Source: edwardsaquifer.net

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hygroscopic nuclei


When tiny dust particle gets surrounded by water molecules which when come together forms a water droplet . These tiny dust particles are sort of hygroscopic or condensation nuclei.
Pranjal - 1 December 2018

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hygroscopic nuclei


Tiny particles of matter that have a special chemical affinity for water molecules, so that condensation may take place on these nuclei at relative humidities under 100 percent.
Source: wrds.uwyo.edu (offline)





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