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L3.1 COMPLEX GIANT STRUCTURES
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Salt and lead are examples of simple giant structures.
Calcium carbonate has a complex giant structure:



Calcium carbonate, marble, limestone and chalk are almost pure samples of calcium carbonate.


is not a normal molecule and cannot exist on its own as a substance. It must be bonded to another kind of atom in a giant structure.




defines the substance calcium carbonate

Substances with complex giant structures have high melting points.


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