2011/09/07 by Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Libbrecht, Kenneth G. · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Solidification and crystal growth phenomena #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1109.1511
arxiv created 2011/09/07 · openalex publication_date 2011/09/07 · arxiv updated 2011/09/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We describe an apparatus designed for obtaining precise measurements of the growth rates of ice crystals from water vapor over a range of experimental conditions. Our aim is to produce clean, high-quality test crystals in a well controlled environment for investigating the detailed molecular dynamics that controls the basic physics of ice crystal growth. In this paper we describe the nucleation and initial growth of test crystals, their transport and selection into a experimental chamber, the creation of a stable and controllable supersaturation, hardware and calibration issues, and the crystal measurement via direct imaging and broad-band interferometry.