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Is sand made up of one atom of one kind?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

One grain of sand is a single molecule of silicon dioxide (made of of the atoms Silicon and Oxygen). The reason for its large size (relatively speaking) is because of its giant covalent structure - the same structure that is found in diamond.

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