NONCRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

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NONCRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

• Amorphous Structures

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AMORPHOUS SOLIDS

• Materials which dont have the long range
  repetitive pattern of crystals are called
  amorphous materials. Amorphous means without
  form.

Ceramic Compound
Crystalline
Amorphous
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AMORPHOUS SOLIDS

• During the rapid cooling of a liquid, if atoms
  or molecules do not find sufficient time to
  arrange themselves in a long-range repetitive
  pattern amorphous solids will form unlike
  crystalline solids obtained by gradual cooling.
• Glasses
• Polymeric materials
• Some ceramics