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Old 12-29-2007 | 05:25 AM
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A good citation on the topic, however the article states that the addition of energy through sunlight is necessary, but my experience is that ice will sublimate at night. Perhaps it won't happen in a lab, but it does on a wing. I suspect that aerodynamic friction may well be the source. Therefore, ice would sublimate much faster off a jet at 450K than off of a Piper at 100 K.
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