❄️ Snow Crystal Growth: Nakaya Diagram, Hexagonal Lattice and Branching
Grow a snowflake on a cold plate with the Reiter hexagonal-lattice model: vapour diffusion, a receptive boundary layer and attachment decide plate, column or branched dendrite, with temperature and supersaturation mapped onto a Nakaya morphology diagram.
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Grow a snowflake on a cold plate with the Reiter hexagonal-lattice model: vapour diffusion, a receptive boundary layer and attachment decide plate, column or branched dendrite, with temperature and supersaturation mapped onto a Nakaya morphology diagram.
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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install