• Question: What are crystals made of?

    Asked by njade to Susana on 25 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Susana Teixeira

      Susana Teixeira answered on 25 Jun 2013:


      A crystal is a 3D repeat of one same molecule, over and over again. In a crystal all the copies of that molecule are at the same distance from each other, and they are all oriented in the exact same way. It’s a very well organised type of solid!

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