Types of Structural Ice
- Clear ice is often clear and smooth. Supercooled water droplets, or freezing rain, strike a surface but do not freeze instantly. Often "horns" or protrusions are formed and project into the airflow.
- Rime ice is rough and opaque, formed by supercooled drops rapidly freezing on impact. Forming mostly along an airfoil's stagnation point, it generally conforms to the shape of the airfoil.
- Mixed ice is a combination of clear and rime ice.
- Frost ice is the result of water freezing on unprotected surfaces. Often forming behind deicing boots or heated leading edges, it was a factor in the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184.
- SLD ice refers to ice formed in Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) conditions. It is similar to clear ice, but because droplet size is large, it often extends to unprotected parts of the aircraft and forms larger ice shapes, faster than normal icing conditions.
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