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A Comprehensive Model of Snow Crystal Faceting
Kenneth G. Libbrecht, James Walkling
Crystal faceting can emerge via two broad physical mechanisms: anisotropic attachment kinetics on growing crystals and anisotropic surface energies on near-equilibrium crystals. Fo…
A Taxonomy of Snow Crystal Growth Behaviors: 1. Using c-axis Ice Needles as Seed Crystals
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
I describe a new approach to the classification of snow crystal morphologies that focuses on the most common growth behaviors that appear in normal air under conditions of constant…
Triangular Snowflakes: Growing Structures with Three-fold Symmetry using a Hexagonal Ice Crystal Lattice
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
Snow crystals growing from water vapor occasionally exhibit morphologies with three-fold (trigonal) symmetry, even though the ice crystal lattice has a molecular structure with six…
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Snow Crystal Growth: 10. On the Molecular Dynamics of Structure Dependent Attachment Kinetics
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
I examine the molecular dynamics of ice growth from water vapor, focusing on how the attachment kinetics can be augmented by edge-dependent surface diffusion. Although there are si…
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Snow Crystal Growth: 9. Characterizing Structure-Dependent Attachment Kinetics near -4 C
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
In this paper I examine snow crystal growth near -4 C in comparison with a comprehensive model that includes Structure-Dependent Attachment Kinetics (SDAK). Together with the previ…
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Snow Crystal Growth: 8. Characterizing Structure-Dependent Attachment Kinetics near -14 C
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
In this paper I examine snow crystal growth near -14 C in comparison with a comprehensive model that includes Structure-Dependent Attachment Kinetics (SDAK). Analyzing a series of…