Method of using microcrystalline cellulose to enhance artificial snow making
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In this description of US Patent 6116515, the text details part of the "art" of making artificial snow--used in the Winter Games since Lake Placid in 1980. The authors explain the process of selecting particles in the range of 1 to 15 microns for use as nuclei around which water could more easily form into snow flakes.
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