It actually has six different crystalline structures it can take on when it melts and then solidifies.

当它融化然后再固化时，可以形成6种不同的晶体结构。

Most metals have a crystalline structure, the atoms are ordered into a specific, repeated pattern that makes it stiff.

大多数金属拥有一个晶体结构，原子排列于特定的重复的模式，使之坚硬。

Those crystals then act as a nidus, or place where more solutes can deposit and over time it builds up a crystalline structure.

然后这些晶体作为一个“巢”，越来越多的溶质将会在此累积，随着时间的推移，逐渐构建成一个晶体结构。

It's that crystalline structure that gives diamonds their unique durability.

正是这种晶体结构赋予了钻石独特的耐用性。

The name has since become a generic term for substances with a similar crystalline structure.

该名称现已成为具有相似晶体结构的物质的通用术语。

Transaera, a startup based in Massachusetts, has, instead, looked to crystalline structures called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

总部位于马萨诸塞州的初创公司 Transaera 则研究被称为金属有机框架 (MOF) 的晶体结构。

When particles of light strike the nacre, they bounce around its multilayered crystalline structure in a cascade of shifting rainbows.

当光粒子撞击珍珠层时，它们会在其多层晶体结构周围反弹， 形成一连串移动的彩虹。

Under the microscope, spicules from three different kinds of sponges all have the same crystalline hexagonal structure, like a snowflake.

在显微镜下，三种不同海绵的骨针都具有相同的结晶六方结构，就像雪花一样。

It's a ceramic, which means the material starts as a powder, and is then heated up until it melts, and then cooled into a crystalline structure similar to glass.

像一种制陶技术，这种材料从粉末开始，加热直至熔化，随后冷却至相似于玻璃的晶体结构。

When the recycling system pumps the CO2 through the reaction chamber, the BCNF1 grabs oxygen atoms from the gas and absorbs them into its crystalline structure, leaving behind CO.

当回收系统将 CO2 泵入反应室时，BCNF1 从气体中获取氧原子并将其吸收到晶体结构中，留下 CO。