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I believe contrail formation requires nucleation sites, which is normally provided by soot particles from the burning fuel.
by cesaref 4y ago
I believe contrail formation requires nucleation sites, which is normally provided by soot particles from the burning fuel.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoGood point, thanks.
- labster 4y agoIt doesn’t in a really moist layer. Ice condensation nuclei are relatively rare (thus the silver nitride seeding idea), so a lot of times ice clouds form when a parcel of air gets supersaturated. This is pretty common.