amorphous and crystalline solids

Solids have definite shape and volume because the average distance between the molecules or atoms remain constant and do not change with time. The arrangement of molecules inside a solid differ from one to another. This results in two types of solids Crystalline..

Mechanics of Solids and Fluids..

Substances whose particles do not posses a regular orderly arrangement but have short range order. When amorphous solids are heated they become crystalline at some temperatur..

Substances whose constituents are not arranged in an orderly manner are called amorphous solids. They are also called pseudo solids and differ from crystalline solids in many respects. The common examples of amorphous solids are..

Crystalline Solids - Crystalline substances have a definite rigid shape. The shape and size of crystals (even of the same materials) differs depending upon the conditions under which they are grown. Crystals of a given substance are bound by plane surfaces called faces..

Crystalline substances have a definite rigid shape. The shape and size of crystals (even of the same materials) differs depending upon the conditions under which they are grown. Crystals of a given substance are bound by plane surfaces called faces. The angle between any two faces is call..

Solids with particles not arranged in a regular fashion. They have only short range order or even the particles are disordered in some case..

Classification of Crystalline Solids - Crystalline solids can be further classified depending on the nature of the bonding as: Ionic Molecular Covalent Metall..

Crystalline solids can be further classified depending on the nature of the bonding as: * Ionic * Molecular * Covalent * Metall..