Cryoscopic constant. Another name for freezing point constant.
Crystal. A solid with a regular polyhedral shape. All crystals of the same substance grow so that they have the same angles between their faces. However, they may not have the same external appearance because different form of the crystal is referred to as the crystal habit. The atoms, ions, or molecules forming the crystal have a regular arrangement and this is the crystal structure.
Crystal drawing. Crystal are drawn in a conventional projection and in a conventional position. For the cubic system the x axis does not point to the eye of the observer, but is rotated clockwise through an angle of 18º26’, the tangent of which is 1/3; the y axis is not drawn at right angles to the vertical c axis because the eye is elevated at an angle of 9º28’, the tangent of which 1/6. The axes are therefore drawn as shown.


