If you place a crystal substance on a tabletop, return to view it after some time passes, and find it as a powdered substance, which of the following processes most likely took effect? A. Efflorescence B. Crystallization C. Deliquescence D. Distillation
Some crystals slowly lose their water of crystallization on exposure to the
air and turn into a powdery substance. This process is known as
EFFLORESCENCE
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Efflorescence is the correct answer not Crystallization