The shape of a snow crystal may change from one form to another as the crystal passes through levels of air with different temperatures.

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But look at the lattice energy, the Madelung energy component is huge which tells you that when ions form they really want to continue to glom onto one another and form that giant crystal.

看看晶格能，马德龙能很大,这告诉我们，当形成离子是,它们如果要继续的话,需要从另外一方夺取电子，形成巨大的晶体。

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And you will form a crystal of sodium chloride as a result of this need to form crystal expressed through the Coulomb's Law.

你能得到氯化钠晶体,因此，形成晶体所需要的条件,在库伦定律中通篇都有表达。

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And so this means that they will form a crystal.

这就意味着它们形成了晶体。

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