BBC Knowledge Asia Edition 3

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Osteosarcoma cells
This is the world’s biggest model of a
crystal’s structure and was created by
Dr Robert Krickl. It shows the pattern
of sodium and chloride atoms found in
a single crystal of table salt. The
model is over three metres tall and
contains almost 40,000 balls and
more than 10km of connecting rods.

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