MiffedMouse t1_j14r5ag wrote
Reply to comment by gardenfella in Are carbon's unique traits related in any way to the "most efficient stacking" hexagon thing that leads to snowflakes and beehives? by uwu-nyaa
I would argue it is connected. SP2 hybridized carbon atoms form bonds at 120 degree angles because that is the most efficient packing for electrons around the atomic nucleus.
It isn’t exactly the same, but both situations arise due to a most-efficient-packing problem (and the hexagon happens to be the optimal packing in both cases).
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