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3000 ball bearings show crystal defects with Matt Parker

Steve Mould 14:41

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Watch Matt's video here: https://youtu.be/3inLMXcetUA

I recreated an old desk toy called Atomix to demonstrate crystal defects like vacancies, grain boundaries and stacking faults. We touch a little bit on close packing problems in mathematics. That's what Matt's video is all about.

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