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Recent studies of the relation between the cubic and hexagonal forms of ice and of crystals of the rare gases show a common feature, in that, surface energy and entropy are important in determining the relative stability of crystal nuclei and of macroscopic crystals.
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Kiefte et al. (1984) studied this question.
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