Comment on "Pointy ice-drops: How water freezes into a singular shape" [Am. J. Phys. 80, 764-771 (2012)]

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-151

  Nauenberg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84872949093     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.4765366     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Snoeijer J.H. Brunet P. Pointy ice-drops: How water freezes into a singular shape. Am. J. Phys. 2012, 80:764-771. 10.1119/1.4726201
2. See supplementary material at E-AJPIAS-81-012212 for one of these videos, which shows the freezing of a drop with a flat circular base of radius 16 mm. The duration of the freezing process until the appearance of the cusp is 4 min and 16 s.