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    Why are snowflakes usually hexagonal?

    Question #128988. Asked by misstified. (Jan 16 13 3:36 AM)


    Golden_gurl

    		Such is the nature of H2O (a three atom molecule) when it freezes.

    There are two hydrogens for each oxygen, so the chemical formula is H2O. The six-fold symmetry of snow crystals ultimately derives from the six-fold symmetry of the ice crystal lattice.

    http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/primer/primer.htm

    Jan 16 13, 3:49 AM

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