Explore: Crystalline Forms

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic

ions, or molecules in a crystalline material. Ordered structures occur from the intrinsic nature of constituent particles to form symmetric patterns that

exposure to crystalline silica and restrict the exposure limit. SiO2, more so than almost any material, exists in many crystalline forms. These forms are called

Crystalline silicon or (c-Si) is the crystalline forms of silicon, either polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si, consisting of small crystals), or monocrystalline

Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice. As a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with an ordered structure, ice is considered to be a

(chemical) physical structure, it is classified as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are considered minerals. It is deposited at a relatively

having different crystalline forms with different melting points. Conventionally the assignment of cocoa butter crystalline forms uses the nomenclature

counterpart. Under atmospheric pressures, steels generally take on two crystalline forms: body-centered cubic and face-centered cubic; however, depending on

by Anton von Schrötter. Red phosphorus is an amorphous form of phosphorus. Crystalline forms of red phosphorus include Hittorf's phosphorus and fibrous

ferroelectric behaviour. Germanium telluride exists in three major crystalline forms, room-temperature α (rhombohedral) and γ (orthorhombic) structures