The shape and surface texture of aggregate particles is important for both Portland cement concrete (PCC) and hot mix asphalt (HMA).
For preparing PCC, would you prefer round and smooth aggregate or rough and angular aggregate?

Rough and angular aggregate is preferred

Explanation:

The ideal shape for HMA and PCC is different because aggregates serve different purposes in each material.

In PCC, where aggregates are used as an inexpensive high-strength material to occupy volume, workability is the major issue regarding particle shape. Therefore, in PCC, rounded particles are better as they provide this important feature by virtue of their coarse surfaces and larger surface areas

plasma is the state of matter where the substance is ionized and has no definite shape or volume. the fact of being ionized makes the substance a good electrical conductor.

answer is: naturally occurring solid, inorganic compound or element is mineral.

minerals usually have crystalline form, that means than crystal constituents (atoms, molecules or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

for example magnetite is a mineral of iron oxide (fe₂o₃).

calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (caco₃).

dolomite is an   carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate (camg(co₃)₂).