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Crystal stability decreases, upon stoich...

Crystal stability decreases, upon stoichiometric defects. Why ?

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Solid crystals are very stable because of orderly arranged particles in systematic lattices.
Eventhough stoichiometry is maintained, due to point defects, systematicity is lost and crystal stability decreases.
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