Account for the following : (a) Artificial rain can be caused by spraying electrified sand on the clouds. (b) Electrical precipitation of smoke.

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Account for the following :
(a) Artificial rain can be caused by spraying electrified sand on the clouds.
(b) Electrical precipitation of smoke.

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answered Jan 5, 2018 by Rohit Singh (61,782 points) 36 143 462

(a) Clouds are colloidal dispersion of water particles in air. These water particles carry some charge over them. On spraying oppositely charged colloidal dust or sand particles over a cloud from an aeroplane, the colloidal water particles present in the cloud will get neutralized and as a result they will come closer and will grow in size to form bigger water drops and ultimately will coagulate or precipitate causing artificial rain.

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