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Small balls of ice are typically referred to as hail. They form within thunderstorms when updrafts carry raindrops into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere where they freeze, creating ice pellets that eventually fall to the ground.
Yes, hail is a form of solid precipitation that consists of balls or lumps of ice. Hail is created when raindrops are carried into colder regions of a storm cloud and freeze into ice pellets before falling to the ground.
Cotton balls will not keep an ice cube from melting. While they may insulate the ice cube slightly, they are not effective at preventing the ice from melting due to their low heat conductivity. Placing the ice cube in a well-insulated container or using a more effective insulating material would be more effective in preventing the ice from melting.
The definition of hail is falling balls or chucks of ice. Some argue that sometimes snow is also layered within the ice.
A process called emulsification shapes a food substance into small balls, typically by mixing two immiscible substances together like oil and water. These small balls, or droplets, are then stabilized by an emulsifier such as lecithin or egg yolk to prevent them from recombining.
Ice pellets, also known as sleet, are small balls of frozen raindrops. They form when rain freezes while falling through a layer of below-freezing air near the surface. As the frozen raindrops are carried up and down in a storm cloud, additional layers of ice can accumulate on them before reaching the ground.