THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON THE SHAPE OF ICE CRYSTALS GROWING AT WATER SATURATION

Abstract

Investigations regarding the influence of temperature on the shape of ice crystals, grown at water saturation, were carried out in a room-size cold chamber. It was found that the principal shape of the ice crystals—i.e., column- and plate-like forms—alternate with decreasing temperature, and that the mechanism of ice crystal formation is apparently more complicated than existing theories and previous experiments indicate.