crystalline
kristal
definition
adjective
a crystalline rock
having the structure and form of a crystal; composed of crystals.
example
Many substances - particularly those with 'crystalline' structures - form differently when in low gravity.
A 'crystalline' metal is composed of a lattice of positively charged ions.
Although most small molecule drugs come as 'crystalline' powders, only one protein pharmaceutical, insulin, is formulated thus.
Cristobalite is a 'crystalline' form of silica that has a diamondlike structure.
Saccharin is a white, 'crystalline' powder that can be as much as 500 times sweeter than sucrose.
They consist of metals and nonmetals bound together in a 'crystalline' or non-crystalline structure.
Changing the state of a substance with asymmetric bonds requires more energy than a 'crystalline' structure would.
As more of the chains are caused to line up in an ordered manner, the polymer becomes more 'crystalline' .
Very often, these images are transcendentally brilliant, particularly those shot in 'crystalline' black and white.
Haematite is iron oxide - a grey form of the mineral that has a larger 'crystalline' structure than the more familiar red stuff, or rust.
Both are 'crystalline' forms of sulfur, but their structures are slightly different.
When it precipitates in the gall bladder it forms 'crystalline' solids called gallstones.
Bach invokes these emotions within a structure so 'crystalline' that we can't begin to fathom its perfection.
At higher elevations on these mountains, the parent material is acid 'crystalline' rock.
Even if a perfect crystal is not formed, the internal 'crystalline' structure can be shown.
Silica exists in several 'crystalline' forms, in a large number of colloidal forms, and as an amorphous solid.
Glass itself does not have a 'crystalline' structure as minerals do.
This usually leads to a physical structure that is 'crystalline' in nature.
He credits this awesome landscape with inspiring many of the 'crystalline' passages of prose that have illuminated his other books.
Quartz and gypsum are other familiar examples of 'crystalline' structures.
This 'crystalline' structure is an orderly arrangement of ions known as a crystal lattice.
How much more fun law school would be if the prose were 'crystalline' !
Silicate minerals are classified primarily on the basis of their 'crystalline' structure.
Crystal gems do not soak up water, because of their closely packed 'crystalline' structure that does not permit water molecules to enter.
Close to this point, an amorphous critical nucleus would consist in the disordered aggregation of a few molecules, and the 'crystallinity' would appear later during the growth process.
Upon compression, a cholesterol film transforms from a monolayer of trigonal symmetry and low 'crystallinity' to a trilayer, composed of a highly crystalline bilayer in a rectangular lattice and a disordered top cholesterol layer.
The process controls the size, shape and 'crystallinity' of particles - improving the effectiveness of products from inhalants to water-insoluble drugs.
The intermediate layer provides an improvement to the 'crystallinity' of the ferroelectric layer which results in enhanced performance to the transistor, for example the turn-on voltage.
Testing can be conducted to ascertain melting point, degree of 'crystallinity' , and glass-transition temperature, or for component quantification.
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