Abstract
The elements and their chemical compounds generally occur in three states of aggregation: the solid state, the liquid state, and the gaseous state. In solids and liquids the distance between neighboring atoms is of the order of a few Angstroms, i.e., they contain 1022–1023 atoms per cm3. This may be compared with a density of about 2.7 × 1019 molecules per cm3 in a gas at room temperature under one atmosphere, corresponding to an average distance of approximately 30 Å between molecules.
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Dekker, A.J. (1981). The Crystalline State. In: Solid State Physics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00784-4_1
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