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Shows Advantages Disadvantages Ball Stick Models Visualise Structures

Front Advantages and Disadvantages of Ball and Stick Models
Back Advantages:
- Can visualise structures - shows shape of lattice/molecule in 3D.
- More realistic.

Disadvantages:
- Shows big gaps between atoms - in reality this is where electron clouds interact.
- Doesn't show correct scales of atoms/ions. 

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