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    What is the difference between a snow flake and an ice crystal?

    Question #125285. Asked by star_gazer. (Mar 01 12 12:11 PM)


    dextermac

    		Snowflakes and snow crystals are made of ice, and pretty much nothing more. A snow crystal, as the name implies, is a single crystal of ice. A snowflake is a more general term; it can mean an individual snow crystal, or a few snow crystals stuck together, or large agglomerations of snow crystals that form "puff-balls" that float down from the clouds.

    Mar 01 12, 1:23 PM
    mehaul

    		Snow flakes are ice crystals that are hexagonal in shape. Other shapes of ice crystals exist, most common being ice rods, single bar shaped growths of frozen water. Ice crystals are generally solid growths while flakes are feathery and have an open internal structure. Both flakes and crystals can gather into larger assemblies which have their own nomenclature depending on that ultimate structure.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_crystals

    Mar 01 12, 9:58 PM

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