Measurements of surface attachment kinetics for faceted ice crystal growth

2013/02/05 by Kenneth G. Libbrecht, M. E. Rickerby
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Materials Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Atmospheric sciences #Chemistry #Crystal growth #Crystallography #Geology #Geometry #Ice formation #Icing and De-icing Technologies #Kinetics #Material Properties and Applications #Materials science #Mathematics #Mineralogy #Physics #Surface (topology) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.04.037

published as Journal of Crystal Growth 377, 1-8 (2013)

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Abstract

We present experimental data demonstrating the presence of structure-dependent attachment kinetics (SDAK) in ice crystal growth from water vapor near -5 C. Specifically, we find that the nucleation barrier on the basal edge of a thin-walled hollow columnar crystal is approximately ten times smaller than the corresponding nucleation barrier on a large basal facet. These observations support the hypothesis that SDAK effects play an important role in determining the growth morphologies of atmospheric ice crystals as a function of temperature.

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