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Originally Posted by Extravoice
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Whould Would this definition include crystals?
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No. It may not look like that, but crystals are in a higher entropy state than solution they precipitated from. Notice I wrote "uses energy to increase complexity". Crystal growth is an exothermic reaction. It stops when solution is exhausted, and there is no way to increase the complexity by adding more energy to the structure.