Question

What is crystallography?

(a) Description of arrangement of atoms

(b) Description of the purity of crystals

(c) Description of the sign language

(d) Description of the crystals history

The question was posed to me in an internship interview.

My question is taken from Crystal Geometry topic in section Crystallization of Food Processing Unit Operations

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Description of arrangement of atoms

The best I can explain: The crystal structure is given in the form of description of the ordered arrangement of atoms, ions or molecules in a crystalline material is called as crystallography.