IMF of Solids (chapter 3) Flashcards
Solid material whose components, such as atoms, molecules or ions, are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure.
Crystal/ Crystalline solid
Atom/ group of atoms that has a net positive or negative charge.
Ion
Solid that consists of positively and negatively charged ions held together by electrostatic forces.
Ionic crystal
Attraction between oppositely charged ions in a chemical compound.
Electrostatic bonding
Electrostatic force that holds ions together in an ionic compound.
Ionic bond
Solid that may be a chemical compound (or element) in which atoms are bonded by covalent bonds in a continuous network extending throughout the material.
Network solid/ Covalent network crystal
Solid composed of molecules held together by Van deer Waals forces.
Molecular crystal
Regular repeating structure of a crystalline solid.
Crystal lattice
Smallest subunit of a crystal lattice that can be repeated over and over to make the entire crystal.
Unit cell
Repetition of structural units of the substance over long atomic distances.
Long range order
2 Catergories of Solids
- Crystalline solids
2. Amorphous solids
There is a presence of long range order.
Crystalline solids
There is an absence of long range order.
Amorphous solids
2 general ways a component of a solid can be arranged:
- Regular repeating three dimensional structure called “crystal lattice” (crystalline solid).
- Can aggregate with no particular long range order (amorphous solid).
Greek word meaning “shapeless”
“amorphos”
fixed geometric patters of lattices
crystalline solids
The ordered arrangement of their units maximizes the space they occupy and are essentially incompressible.
crystalline solids
Examples of crystalline solids:
ice, NaCl, CuSO4, diamond, graphite, sugar (C12H22O11),minerals, sand, clay, limestone, metals, alloys, carbon.
More than __% of ______ and ______ are crystalline.
90%; naturally occuring and artificially prepared solids
Random orientation of particles.
Amorphous solids
Examples of amorphous solids:
glass, plastic, rubber, coal, cotton candy
cause of the difference in the behavior of crystalline solids when heated
presence/ absence of long range order
crystals become liquid at a ____ bc?
specific temperature bc attractive forces are broken
Change sharply when attractive forces are broken?
Physical Properties
When amorphous solids are heated,
they soften gradually and melt over wide range of temperature.
Formation of solid crystals from a homogeneous solution.
Crystallization
Essentially a solid-liquid separation technique and very important.
Crystallization
Technique used to determine the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal wherein atoms cause beams of incident x-rays to diffract into many specific directions.
X-ray diffraction