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published by the Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Dept. of Physics
This website, from the University of Toronto, provides a discussion of the instability that gives rise to ripples on the surface of icicles.  A description of this instability is followed by multiple videos of icicles forming under a variety of conditions.  Comparisons are made to ripples on stalactites and the movements of the ripples are also presented.
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Fluid Mechanics
- Surface Tension
General Physics
- Properties of Matter
Modern Physics
- Condensed Matter
Thermo & Stat Mech
- Phase Transitions
= First-Order Transitions
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- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Reference Material
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credit: Stephen Morris, The Experimental Nonlinear Group, Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto; image source; larger image This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from February 1, 2008 until February 16, 2008. View the feature here!


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Keywords:
form, freeze, icicle, melt, ripple, stalactite
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Metadata instance created January 22, 2008 by Ann Deml
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August 2, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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(University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Toronto), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html).
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Ripples on Icicles (University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Toronto), <http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html>.
APA Format
Ripples on Icicles. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group: http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html
Chicago Format
University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group. Ripples on Icicles. Toronto: University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group. http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html (accessed 25 April 2024).
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Ripples on Icicles. Toronto: University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group. 25 Apr. 2024 <http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {Ripples on Icicles}, Publisher = {University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {25 April 2024}, Year = {} }
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