Snow flakes?

Question

I have heard it said that, No two snow flakes are ever the same..When you consider that snow has been falling since time immemorial, I find that hard to believe..Can you convince me otherwise?

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Answer 1

Well let me try.....perhaps the snowflakes had a twin but these would be the exception so therefore when there are millions of people in this world and everyone single person looks different to anyone else (apart from twins) why cant snowflakes look different? Even when you have identical twins there is always a flaw to differentiate one from the other otherwise how would the mother know which child was which and they inevitable do!!!! Convinced ?????? :D May I go to sleep now please?

Answer 2

The water content of the atmosphere is less than 14 grams per cubic meter at 15 degrees centigrade. If it cools down, less water can be sustained and it gets saturated. It is called the dew point. In order to change from gas to liquid, water has to dissipate energy in the form of heat. It is very difficult because the molecules have virtually no mass. It is dust and other particles floating in the air that helps the droplets to form. If the air is then further cooled down, more water molecules will collide with the droplets and it will increase in size until its weight is such as it starts falling down. That's how it starts raining.

If the air temperature is below the freezing point, the same process happens. But those droplets can be cooled down to minus 40 (!) degrees centigrade before they freeze. They also need to release heat energy in order to go from liquid to solid. Once that is done, it is a crystal of water on which other small droplets can come to and loose energy to the mass of the already formed snow crystal. Each droplet then freezes forming a unique pattern. That's why two snow corns are not alike because their formation happened at a different time and a different way.

Answer 3

Because, mathematically, the possible permutations of a snowflake are far, far higher than the number of snowflakes that have ever fallen. I know it's hard to believe, but you're basically talking about things that happen at the molecular level, and there are a LOT of molecules in a snowflake.

Answer 4

A single snowflake probably contains millions of individual molecules of H2O (not to mention other impurities), so it's *extremely* unlikely that two snowflakes would have exactly the same number of molecules and have every single one of them arranged in precisely the same way.

Answer 5

Dandruff flakes. epidermis flakes. ok, so the 'flakes' you listed are all 'sturdy' and my 2 are 'undesirable' ... yet isn't it humorous that in case you ask all people with regards to the be conscious 'flakes' they are going to many times say that 'flakes' are undesirable ... alongside with the 'human flake' who isn't 'widespread.' nevertheless, there are a number of extra 'sturdy flakes' than undesirable in this worldwide ... and that i think of this is only trouble-free extraordinary approximately how our minds artwork as quickly as we pay attention or study the be conscious 'flake.'

Answer 6

It's like fingerprints on a human, completely random. While it is technically possible that two would appear the same, the likelihood is so remote that every last thing is in place that it can be said that no two are alike.

Answer 7

yea i think that too but think about they can be same but different sizes or same size different shape. There are millions of designs and if you add the size you cam make as many as possible.

Answer 8

Think of it this way- you think that two snowflakes, down to the last meausrement possible, could be exactly alike?

Answer 9

I actually have the same theory as you, so i'd be curious to see the responses to this question.