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Chemistry: Principles and Practice

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Chapter11: Liquids And Solids

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Problem 11.22QE

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give any two examples of amorphous solids?How they are different from crystalline solids?

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Any two examples of amorphous solids are to be given and how they are different from crystalline solids is to be explained.

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Amorphous solids-

They are rigid structures but they do not have a well-defined shape.
They do not have geometric shapes.
They do not form a 3-D lattice structure and their particles are randomly arranged.
They have short order arrangement of molecules that means arrangement of atoms is repeated over a short distance.
Their structures do not have sharp edges and they also break into uneven pieces with irregular edges.
They melt over a range of temperatures.
Examples – Gels, plastics, wax.

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