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Why do we consider only compunds and not elements to study solid State?

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First of all, you should now that amongst pure elements only a few metals can form a crystalline structure while a wide variety of salts are there which form crystalline structures. Also, the properties of a particular type of structure and the study doesn't depend on the type of atoms forming the structure but on the type of structure itself.


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