The ice nucleation efficiency of propane flame soot particles with and without a sulphuric acid coating was investigated using the aerosol and cloud chamber facility AIDA (Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere). The test soot for cloud formation simulations was produced using a propane flame Combustion Aerosol Standard generator (CAST, Jing-CAST Technologies). The organic carbon content (OC) of the test soot was altered in a reproducible fashion by changing the fuel/air mixture of the generator. The soot content of ice nuclei was subsequently investigated using a combination of a pumped counterflow virtual impactor (PCVI) to separate and evaporate the ice crystals, and a DMT single particle soot photometer (SP2) to examine the mixing state of the BC containing ice residuals. <br><br> Ice nucleation was found to be most efficient for uncoated soot of low organic carbon content (~5% organic carbon content) where deposition freezing occurred at an ice saturation ratio <i>S</i><sub>ice</sub>~1.22 at a temperature <i>T</i> = 226.6 K with 25% of the test soot becoming active as ice nuclei. Propane flame soot of higher organic carbon content (~30% and ~70% organic carbon content) showed significantly lower ice nucleation efficiency (an activated fraction of the order of a few percent in the experiments) than the low organic carbon content soot, with water saturation being required for freezing to occur. Ice nucleation occurred over the range <i>S</i><sub>ice</sub> = 1.22–1.70, and <i>T</i> = 223.2–226.6 K. Analysis of the SP2 data showed that the 5% organic carbon content soot had an undetectable OC coating whereas the 30% organic carbon content soot had a thicker or less volatile OC coating. <br><br> The application of a sulphuric acid coating to the flame soot shifted the threshold of the onset of freezing towards that of the homogeneous freezing of sulphuric acid; for the minimum OC flame soot this inhibited nucleation since the onset of freezing occurred at colder temperatures and required a greater ice saturation ratio; for the medium and maximum OC flame soot, the addition of a sulphuric acid significantly reduced the freezing threshold.