I mean… what if we did make it a pure crystal block? What would that do to the energy requirements for movement? Hydrogen bonds are pretty weak, but a cycle of “form-then-break” is pretty cheap. Covalent bonds are strong, but forming and breaking them repeatedly is energetically expensive.
I mean… what if we did make it a pure crystal block? What would that do to the energy requirements for movement? Hydrogen bonds are pretty weak, but a cycle of “form-then-break” is pretty cheap. Covalent bonds are strong, but forming and breaking them repeatedly is energetically expensive.