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Comment on the following statement: "The only perfectly ordered state of matter is the crystalline state."
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While it is true that the crystalline state exhibits a high degree of order due to its repeating, three-dimensional arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules, it is not the only state of matter with some degree of order. Show more…
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