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Define the term ‘amorphous’. Give a few examples of amorphous solids.
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09/09/2020 8:54 pm
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Amorphous solids are solids without a regular/ definitive arrangement of its constituent particles (ions, atoms or molecules) and they possess something called the short-range order i.e., a regular and periodically repeating arrangement is seen only over short distances, e.g., rubber, glass.
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