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Kind of a tricky question, its best broken into the 2 different ways that the word crystal is used. Crystal can refer to the structure that a compound adopts, there are many different types, the most well known being the structure of salt with what crystallographers call a face centered cubic structure. It is also common to see in reports etc... on the synthesis of organic compounds to say a compound gives white crystals.
It is not correct however to assume that crystals that look similar to the naked eye are indeed the same compound, or that all compounds have a crystalline form.
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∙ 12y agoA crystal can be any of these forms of matter. Crystalline compounds and elements are common, some alloys are crystalline mixtures of two or more metals, and some complex crystals such as zeolites can have varying amounts of different elements included within them.
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∙ 12y agoCrystal is not necessarily either. There are crystals of elements such as diamond (carbon) and many metals. There are also crystals that are compounds including salt, sugar, and quartz (silica).
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∙ 12y agoCrystals can be elements (as diamond) or compounds (as sapphire).
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Is lye a compound or an element?
Lime is a compound.
Is gasoline a mixture or compound or element?
Is gasoline a element a mixture or a compound
Is lead a compound or element?
Lead is an element
Is sugar cube a mixture or element or compound?
Sugars are compounds.
Is PB an element or a compound?
Pb is a compound.
How is matter element atom crystal compound and molecule the same?
An element, atom, crystal, compound, and molecule are all forms of matter.
Is a diamond a compound or an element?
Diamond is not an element but it is a compound of carbon. It is fully made of carbon atoms
Is the crystal element or compound?
Crystals can be elements (as diamond) or compounds (as sapphire).
TWhat is the solid crystal of an element or an inorganic compound found in nature?
mineral
Are crystals broken down a compound or an element?
Compound, crystal is not an element so obviously what it is made up of must be a compound <><><><> Crystals can be either an element (diamonds are carbon- and crystalline) or a compound (salt, sugar). Unsure of your meaning of "broken down".
What is a solid element or compound from earth's crust that has a definite chemical composition and crystal shape?
Quartz is a solid compound from the earth's crust. Its chemical composition is SiO4 (silicon oxygen tetrahedra), and it has a definite crystal shape.
What is the smallest particle of a substance that is still identifiable as that substance?
A molecule if it is a compound, an atom if it is an element and a formula unit if it is an ionic crystal.
Matter in which all atoms are alike?
It is an element or a compound, it belongs to the order of pure matter.
Is gravel a compound a element or a element?
It is compound not an element.
What do you know about a chemical compound by looking at its chemical compound?
the number and kinds of atoms in the compoundIn an ionic compound, the formula gives the ions and their ratios in the crystal lattice. In a molecular compound, the formula gives the numbers of atoms of each element in a molecule.
Is lye a compound or an element?
Lime is a compound.
What do you get when you mix an element with a compound?
You get a mixture of an element and a compound.
