In bulk, they look a lot like liquid soap; many liquid crystals are made of materials that chemically are a lot like soap.
Liquid crystals start to flow during the melting phase similar to a liquid, but they do not lose their ordered arrangement completely, as most substances do. Liquid crystals will retain their geometric order in specific directions.
The forces that hold liquid crystals together, such as Van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonding, affect their unique properties. These forces give liquid crystals the ability to flow like liquids while maintaining some of the ordered structure of solids, allowing them to exhibit properties like birefringence and sensitivity to external stimuli such as electric fields. The strength and type of these intermolecular forces can influence the phase transitions and stability of liquid crystals, ultimately determining their macroscopic properties.
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In their natural state, diamonds look like transparent crystals with a shiny, reflective surface. They are typically colorless or have a slight yellow or brown tint.
The solute in drink crystals is usually sugar or artificial sweeteners. When the crystals are dissolved in water, the sugar or sweeteners disperse throughout the liquid to give the drink its sweetness.
Solid crystals have a fixed, ordered arrangement of molecules or atoms, while liquid crystals have a partially ordered structure that can flow like a liquid but still exhibit some properties of a solid. Solid crystals have a defined melting point where they transition to a liquid state, while liquid crystals have a range of temperatures over which they exhibit liquid-like and solid-like properties.
Iam-Choon Khoo has written: 'Liquid crystals XI' -- subject(s): Congresses, Liquid crystals 'Liquid Crystals IX' 'Liquid Crystals' -- subject(s): Liquid crystals 'Liquid crystals XII' -- subject(s): Congresses, Liquid crystals
G. W. Gray has written: ''The great ravelled knot'' 'Liquid Crystals' 'Smectic liquid crystals' -- subject(s): Liquid crystals 'Liquid crystals & plastic crystals' -- subject(s): Liquid crystals, Plastic crystals
types of liquid crystals
Liquid crystals start to flow during the melting phase similar to a liquid, but they do not lose their ordered arrangement completely, as most substances do. Liquid crystals will retain their geometric order in specific directions.
Liquid crystals are unusual because they exhibit properties of both liquids and crystals. They have a distinct molecular ordering like crystals, but are able to flow and change orientation like liquids. This enables them to switch between different phases and exhibit unique optical properties.
Strychnine has white crystals.
Liquid crystals are certain long chain organic chemicals that, although liquid they have a strong tendency to align in "crystal like" arrays. Normal liquids have no (or very little) order, liquid crystals have order approaching that of solid crystals. Liquid crystals are useful in electronics (displays), temperature sensing (indicators), and other technologies because application of various stresses (e.g. electric field, heat) cause them to change their "crystal" properties in ways that solid crystals can't. These changes can then usually be made visible.
Out of the ground they look like little rocks/crystals. It is only when they are cut and polished that they look like they do in a ring.
They look like cyan (light-blue) crystals of some sort.
Methamphetamine typically appears as clear crystals in a clear oily liquid. This drug is commonly referred to as crystal meth or ice due to its appearance.
Dietrich Demus has written: 'Textures of liquid crystals' -- subject(s): Liquid crystals, Texture (Crystallography) 'Flu ssige Kristalle in Tabellen' -- subject(s): Liquid crystals, Tables