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Toward a Comprehensive Model of Snow Crystal Growth Dynamics: 1. Overarching Features and Physical Origins
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
We describe a comprehensive model for the formation and morphological development of atmospheric ice crystals growing from water vapor, also known as snow crystals. Our model deriv…
An Edge-Enhancing Crystal Growth Instability Caused by Structure-Dependent Attachment Kinetics
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
We describe a novel crystal growth instability that enhances the development of thin edges, promoting the formation of plate-like or hollow columnar morphologies. This instability…
Crystal Growth in the Presence of Surface Melting: Novel Behavior of the Principal Facets of Ice
K. G. Libbrecht, M. E. Rickerby
We present measurements of the growth rates of the principal facet surfaces of ice from water vapor as a function of supersaturation over the temperature range -2 C > T > -40 C. Ou…
Managing Systematic Errors in Ice Crystal Growth Experiments
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
We describe how surface interactions can affect the growth of ice crystal facets in contact with a substrate by lowering the normal nucleation barrier on the ice surface. We also d…
On the Equilibrium Shape of an Ice Crystal
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
We examine the shape of a an isolated, dislocation-free ice crystal when it is in equilibrium with the vapor phase in an isothermal closed environment, as a function of temperature…