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Old 10th Dec 2008, 09:43
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Not an expert, but the documentation I have read on it describes it as the following:

It's ice that forms on the upper and/or lower surface of a wing/tailplane aft of the heated leading edge, either as a result of switching the heaters on after ice has previously formed on the leading edge or as a result of supercooled water droplets first freezing and then melting and running back towards the area aft of the leading edge and then refreezing.

Hope this answers your question.
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