Difference between Amorphous Solids and Crystalline Solids
Amorphous Solids
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Crystalline Solids
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1. They don't have definite geometrical shape.
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They have characteristic geometrical shape
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2. Amorphous solids don't have particular melting point. They
melt over a wide range of
temperature.
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They have sharp melting point
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3. Physical properties of amorphous solids are same in different direction,i.e. amorphous solids
are isotropic
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Physical properties of crystalline solids are different
in different directions. This phenomenon is known as Anisotropy.
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4. Amorphous solids are unsymmetrical
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When crystalline solids are rotated about an axis,
their appearance does not change. This
shows that they are symmetrical
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5. Amorphous solids don't break at fixed cleavage
planes.
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Crystalline solids cleavage along particular
direction at fixed cleavage planes.
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