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Types of Solids

Solids can be divided into two classes: crystalline solids, which have a highly ordered three-dimensional arrangement of particles that form characteristic geometric shapes bounded by planes intersecting at particular angles, giving them sharp melting points; and amorphous solids, where particles are randomly arranged without a definite shape and melt over a wide range of temperatures rather than at a distinct point.

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Types of Solids

Solids can be divided into two classes: crystalline solids, which have a highly ordered three-dimensional arrangement of particles that form characteristic geometric shapes bounded by planes intersecting at particular angles, giving them sharp melting points; and amorphous solids, where particles are randomly arranged without a definite shape and melt over a wide range of temperatures rather than at a distinct point.

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TYPES OF SOLIDS

Solids can be divided in to two distinct classes.

1) Crystalline solids

2) Amorphous solids

CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

Crystalline solids have the following fundamentals properties.

1. They have characteristic geometrical shape.

2. They have highly ordered three-dimensional arrangements of particles.

3. They are bounded by PLANES or FACES

4. Planes of a crystal intersect at particular angles.

5. They have sharp melting and boiling points.

Examples:

Copper Sulphate (CuSO4), NiSO4, Diamond, Graphite, NaCl, Sugar etc

AMORPHOUS SOLIDS

Solids that don’t have a definite geometrical shape are known as Amorphous Solids.

1. In these solids particles are randomly arranged in three dimension.

2. They don’t have sharp melting points.

3. Amorphous solids are formed due to sudden cooling of liquid.

4. Amorphous solids melt over a wide range of temperature

5. Examples:

Coal, Coke, Glass, Plastic, rubber etc

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