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LaoAn amorphous solid is defined as one lacking a crystaline structure. Since it doesn't have such a structure, it breaks to form relatively random, jagged edges rather than straight ones. It may tend to shatter into may pieces rather than cleave along a crystal plane (since there is no crystal plane to break along.
When an amorphous solid breaks, its atomic or molecular structure disrupts randomly, leading to fracture surfaces that are irregular and do not follow a specific crystal plane. This lack of well-defined structure is what distinguishes amorphous solids from crystalline solids, which break along distinct planes.
What kind of solid breaks with no pattern?
an amorphous solid
What solid is amorphous and brittle?
Glass is an example of a solid that is amorphous (lacks a regular crystalline structure) and brittle (easily breaks or shatters when subjected to stress).
Contrast the changes in a crystalline solid as it is heated to those in an amorphous solid that is heated?
As a crystalline solid is heated, it undergoes a well-defined melting point where its ordered structure breaks down to a disordered liquid state. In contrast, an amorphous solid softens gradually upon heating without a distinct melting point, as its structure lacks long-range order. The amorphous solid may eventually become a viscous liquid upon further heating.
Which characteristic could distinguish a crystalline solid from an amorphous solid?
The way it breaks
Are particles closer in a crystalline solid or a amorphous solid?
amphorous solid
