Measurements of Snow Crystal Growth Dynamics in a Free-fall Convection Chamber

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2008-11-18

arxiv.org/abs/0811.2994v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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We present a series of experiments investigating the growth of ice crystals from water vapor in the presence of a background gas. We measured growth dynamics at temperatures ranging from -2 C to -25 C, at supersaturations between 0.5 and 30 percent, and with background gases of nitrogen, argon, and air at a pressure of one bar. We compared our data with numerical models of diffusion-limited growth based on cellular automata to extract surface growth parameters at different temperatures and supersaturations. These data represent a first step toward obtaining precision ice growth measurements as a function of temperature, supersaturation, background gas pressure and gas constituents. From these investigations we hope to better understand the surface molecular dynamics that determine crystal growth rates and growth morphologies.

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