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It has been suggested that there be a merging of this article with Dendrite (crystal). I suggest that we look at doing this and emphasize that dendrites are interesting in that they are a self-regulating pattern formation phenomena with some very important real-world appearances (snowflakes, most metals, etc.). After an introductory statement on dendritic pattern formation, we can add a section on the mechanisms of dendrite formation, and then go into some of the more important places we see dendrites, and why the dendritic structure is relevent. Anything else?
I think most of the NASA stuff is not germain to an article like this (and I was part of that project!). The article will likely benefit from input from the fields of solid state physics, nonlinear pattern formation, casting, atmospheric physics, welding, and geology. -- Lacomj ( talk) 00:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it should be moved, bio is so different than metallurgy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.118.162.27 ( talk) 03:56, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
I think "dendrite crystal" is an oxymoron. The only thing the two terms have to do with each other is that they are both "growth patterns" of sorts. If you want to create a page on growth patterns then you can include dendrites, crystals and biological growth patterns and talk about their similarites and differences and whatever else relates to growth patterns. The way dendrites are formed is different than the way crystals are formed. Neither look the same. Crystals are basically planar surfaces with well defined (sometimes even razor sharp) edges. Dendrites are formations more like tree branches (thus the name from the Greek word) except unlike tree branches the pattern is more symmetrical. Dendrites are formed rapidly, crystals are formed very slowly. In looking at the two articles it seemed odd to me that the "Dendrite(metal)" article showed a picture of a snowflake (portion) which is non metallic and the "Dendrite(crystal)" article shows a picture of Manganese Dendrite in a rock and Manganese is a metal. If you are going to keep two separate articles you should at least switch pictures. 76.201.82.29 ( talk) 00:08, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
See new merger proposal at Talk:Dendrite (crystal). Richard3120 ( talk) 20:49, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
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It has been suggested that there be a merging of this article with Dendrite (crystal). I suggest that we look at doing this and emphasize that dendrites are interesting in that they are a self-regulating pattern formation phenomena with some very important real-world appearances (snowflakes, most metals, etc.). After an introductory statement on dendritic pattern formation, we can add a section on the mechanisms of dendrite formation, and then go into some of the more important places we see dendrites, and why the dendritic structure is relevent. Anything else?
I think most of the NASA stuff is not germain to an article like this (and I was part of that project!). The article will likely benefit from input from the fields of solid state physics, nonlinear pattern formation, casting, atmospheric physics, welding, and geology. -- Lacomj ( talk) 00:25, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't think it should be moved, bio is so different than metallurgy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.118.162.27 ( talk) 03:56, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
I think "dendrite crystal" is an oxymoron. The only thing the two terms have to do with each other is that they are both "growth patterns" of sorts. If you want to create a page on growth patterns then you can include dendrites, crystals and biological growth patterns and talk about their similarites and differences and whatever else relates to growth patterns. The way dendrites are formed is different than the way crystals are formed. Neither look the same. Crystals are basically planar surfaces with well defined (sometimes even razor sharp) edges. Dendrites are formations more like tree branches (thus the name from the Greek word) except unlike tree branches the pattern is more symmetrical. Dendrites are formed rapidly, crystals are formed very slowly. In looking at the two articles it seemed odd to me that the "Dendrite(metal)" article showed a picture of a snowflake (portion) which is non metallic and the "Dendrite(crystal)" article shows a picture of Manganese Dendrite in a rock and Manganese is a metal. If you are going to keep two separate articles you should at least switch pictures. 76.201.82.29 ( talk) 00:08, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
See new merger proposal at Talk:Dendrite (crystal). Richard3120 ( talk) 20:49, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Silver crystal.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on November 21, 2010. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2010-11-21. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng { chat} 22:04, 19 November 2010 (UTC)