Is it actually mathematically possible for every single snowflake to have fallen on planet earth to be different, while remaining six sided and symmetrical along three axes? Water is strange stuff indeed. While we're at it, why is water the only stuff in the universe that gets bigger when it gets colder? Answers on a postcard please....
Here is what my cats are telling me - In water, the H2O molecules tend to float with no prior arrangements - When water freezes, the water molecules will form a hexagon shape on a x-y-z scale - thus forming a bigger structure in a solid state
ReplyDeleteOK, but is this unique to water, or something that happens when all fluids convert to a crystalline state?
ReplyDeleteunique to water
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