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Since both crystals and polymers are constructed of repetitive units (atoms or molecules), it is difficult to differentiate them. Roughly, crystals may be taken to be arrays of repetitive units in which repetition occurs in three dimensions. Polymers may be taken to be arrays that are repetitive in one dimension. However, there are two-dimensional as well as one-dimensional crystals. And there are two-dimensional, and in some cases, three-dimensional polymers. Thus, the distinction is not clean-cut.
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Since both crystals and polymers are constructed of repetitive units (atoms or molecules), it is difficult to differentiate them. Roughly, crystals may be taken to be arrays of repetitive units in which repetition occurs in three dimensions. Polymers may be taken to be arrays that are repetitive in one dimension. However, there are two-dimensional as well as one-dimensional crystals. And there are two-dimensional, and in some cases, three-dimensional polymers. Thus, the distinction is not clean-cut.
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