ICE ADHESION AND ABHESION: A SURVEY

UNDERSTANDING ADHESION IS ESSENTIAL FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS OF ICE ADHERING TO AIRCRAFT, RUNWAYS, SHIPS, AND ALL KINDS OF SOLID SURFACES. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE NOT BEEN SOLVED SATISFACTORILY IN MANY CASES; FREQUENTLY MECHANCICAL DEVICES RATHER THAN PRINCIPLES OF INTERFACIAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY HAVE TO BE USED FOR MINIMIZING ICE ADHESION. SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS IN ADHESION ARE DISCUSSED, RECENT WORK ON ICE ADHESION, APPLICATION OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERFACIAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL, RHEOLOGICAL, AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE AND ITS SUBSTRATES, TRANSITION LAYER IN THE ICE-AIR OR ICE-SOILID INTERFACES, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERFACIAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY FOR THE PROBLEM OF ICE ADHESION. /AUTHOR/

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  • Authors:
    • Jellinek, H H G
  • Discussers:
    • Kivisild, H R
    • Renahan, J W
    • Mellor, Malcolm
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  • Publication Date: 1970

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 46-77
  • Monograph Title: Snow removal and ice control research
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  • Accession Number: 00218682
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
  • Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM