Snow Crystals : : A Case Study in Spontaneous Structure Formation / / Kenneth G. Libbrecht.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Libbrecht, Kenneth G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.) :; 461 color illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ONE. Snow Crystal Science --; COMPLEX SYMMETRY --; A BRIEF HISTORY OF SNOW CRYSTAL SCIENCE --; TWENTY-FIRST- CENTURY SNOWFLAKES --; NO TWO ALIKE? --; TWO. Ice Crystal Structure --; ICE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY --; SURFACE PREMELTING --; ICE ENERGETICS --; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS --; SURFACE ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS --; SNOW CRYSTAL TWINNING --; THREE. Diffusion-Limited Growth --; FACETING AND BRANCHING --; FREE DENDRITES --; DIFFUSION IN SNOW CRYSTAL GROWTH --; THE SPHERICAL SOLUTION --; ADDITIONAL ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS --; SOLVABILITY THEORY --; SNOW CRYSTAL AERODYNAMICS --; ORDER AND CHAOS --; FOUR. Attachment Kinetics --; ICE KINETICS --; LARGE-FACET ATTACHMENT KINETICS --; STRUCTURE-DEPENDENT ATTACHMENT KINETICS --; EXPLAINING THE NAKAYA DIAGRAM --; THE MORPHOLOGICAL NEXUS AT −5°C --; SNOW CRYSTAL CARTOGRAPHY --; DISLOCATION-MEDIATED GROWTH --; CHEMICAL VAPOR EFFECTS --; FIVE. Computational Snow Crystals --; A PROGRESSION OF SNOW CRYSTAL MODELS --; SPHERICAL CELLULAR AUTOMATA --; CYLINDRICALLY SYMMETRIC CELLULAR AUTOMATA --; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR AUTOMATA --; SIX. Laboratory Snow Crystals --; FREE-FALL SNOW CRYSTALS --; SUBSTRATE SUPPORT --; LEVITATION --; CONTINUOUS DIFFUSION CHAMBERS --; SNOW CRYSTAL IMAGING --; SEVEN. Simple Ice Prisms --; PRECISION ICE GROWTH MEASUREMENTS --; A TALE OF TWO EXPERIMENTS --; SIMPLE-PRISM CONVERGENCE --; EIGHT. Electric Ice Needles --; SNOWFLAKE ON A STICK --; E-NEEDLE FORMATION --; AN E-NEEDLE DUAL DIFFUSION CHAMBER --; THE NAKAYA DIAGRAM ON E-NEEDLES --; SIMPLEST E-NEEDLE GROWTH --; AN ANALYSIS EXAMPLE: E-NEEDLES AT −15°C --; E-NEEDLE VIGNETTES --; NINE. Designer Snow Crystals --; THE PLATE-ON- PEDESTAL METHOD --; ILLUMINATION AND POSTPROCESSING --; POP GROWTH BEHAVIORS --; IDENTICAL-TWIN SNOW CRYSTALS --; POP ART --; TEN. Natural Snowflakes --; SNOWFLAKE WATCHING --; ELEVEN. Snowflake Photography --; FINDING SNOWFLAKES --; OPTICS AND LENSES --; ILLUMINATION MATTERS --; APPENDIX. List of Variables and Physical Constants --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691223629; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754162; 9783110753936; 9783110749731
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691223629?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kenneth G. Libbrecht.

A definitive new investigation of the science of snowflakes by the world’s leading expertA snowflake’s sophisticated symmetry emerges when crystalline ice grows from water vapor within the winter clouds. While certain iconic snowflake shapes are visually familiar to us, microscopic close-ups of falling snow reveal a rich menagerie of lesser-known forms, including slender needle clusters, hollow columns, bullet rosettes, triangular crystals, and exotic capped columns. What explains the myriad and unusual structures of snowflakes that materialize under different atmospheric conditions? In Snow Crystals, Kenneth Libbrecht delves into the science of snowflakes, examining why ice crystals grow the way they do, how patterns emerge, and what they illuminate about the fundamental physics of crystal growth, structure formation, and self-assembly.Libbrecht—the world’s foremost expert on snowflakes—describes the full range of physical processes underlying their occurrence. He explores such topics as the centuries-long development of snow crystal science, the crystalline structure of ice, molecular dynamics at the ice surface, diffusion-limited growth, surface attachment kinetics, computational models of snow crystal growth, laboratory techniques for creating and studying snow crystals, different types of natural snowflakes, and photographing snow crystals. Throughout, Libbrecht’s extensive detailed discussions are accompanied by hundreds of beautiful full-color images.From the molecular dynamics of surface premelting to the aerodynamics of falling snow, Snow Crystals chronicles the continuing quest to fully understand this fascinating phenomenon.