Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has successfully conducted a test flight for cloud seeding.
About Cloud Seeding
• It is a weather modification technology to create artificial rainfall.
Two ways of adding nucleiparticles to clouds: o Using large cannons that shoot particles into the sky. o Using aeroplanes that drop the particles from above. • Main Chemicals used for it include Silver iodide, dry ice, Potassium Iodide, Calcium Carbide, Ammonium Nitrate, Sodium Chloride etc.
Very Important for all exams!!!!
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