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Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces

Crystalline and Amorphous Solid Patterns

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Crystalline and amorphous solids differ in how their particles are arranged. In crystalline solids, atoms, ions, or molecules follow a definite repeating pattern. Metals and ionic compounds typically form these ordered solids. Because the same particles are held in place by the same forces or energy, crystalline solids have ...

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Solids are classified as either amorphous or crystalline on the basis of their three-dimensional internal structure.

Amorphous solids like fused silica glass lack an ordered internal arrangement of their constituent particles, whereas crystalline solids like quartz have their constituent particles arranged in a repeating three-dimensional...

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