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'‘I am not a crystal, but on the other hand, I am not random either,'” Options
 
DreaMTripper
#1 Posted : 3/25/2015 2:07:26 AM
For the next fancy dress party I shall go as a quasicrystal! Wut? Big grin

Quasi-crystal discovered

 
slewb
#2 Posted : 3/25/2015 4:04:54 PM
Isn't quasicrystal kind of a misnomer? As far as I can tell it's just a normal crystal that we didn't know about before. Why aren't these quasicrystals allowed to reap the benefits of full-fledged crystal status?
 
Psybin
#3 Posted : 3/25/2015 4:28:00 PM
slewb wrote:
Isn't quasicrystal kind of a misnomer? As far as I can tell it's just a normal crystal that we didn't know about before. Why aren't these quasicrystals allowed to reap the benefits of full-fledged crystal status?


Because they are not ordered, which crystals are

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The difference between crystals and quasicrystals can be visualized by imagining a tiled floor: Tiles that are 6-sided hexagons can fit neatly against each other to cover the entire floor. But 5-sided pentagons or 10-sided decagons laid next to each will result in gaps between tiles. “The structure is saying ‘I am not a crystal, but on the other hand, I am not random either,'” Steinhardt said.
 
 
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