How is Artificial Snow Made?

This week Reactions is taking a look at the science and chemistry behind how artificial snow is made.

In what may be the warmest Winter Olympics on record, Sochi looks more like SoCal by the day. With few real snowflakes to blanket Sochi's slopes, our latest episode explains how science keeps the Winter Olympics alive with artificial snow.

Video by Kirk Zamieroski
Series created by Adam Dylewski
Produced by the American Chemical Society

References:
What's that Stuff? Artificial Snow (by Steve Ritter): https://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/8203snow.html
ChemMatters: Artificial Snow - Powder for the Slopes (Print - Vol. 18, No. 4)

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