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As part of a research programme designed to study the kinetics of nucleation in solutions of electrolytes, I have made some observations on the supercooling of water droplets in the form of water in oil emulsions stabilized by a number of W/O emulsifying agents.
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FOX, P. Supercooling of Water Droplets. Nature 184, 546 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184546a0
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