Solids Flashcards
Solids with particles that are in highly ordered arrangement.
Crystalline Solids
Solids which there are no particular order in the arrangement of particles.
Amorphous Solids
_____ solids have definite geometric shape.
Crystalline
_____ solids have definite melting point.
Crystalline
_____ solids have definite heat of fusion.
Crystalline
_____ solids have cleavage property.
Crystalline
_____ solids are anisotropic in nature.
Crystalline
_____ solids are true solids.
Crystalline
_____ solids have long range order in arrangement of particles.
Crystalline
_____ solids have irregular shape.
Amorphous
_____ solids gradually soften over a range of temperature.
Amorphous
_____ solids do not have definite heat of fusion.
Amorphous
_____ solids do not have cleavage property.
Amorphous
_____ solids are isotropic in nature.
Amorphous
_____ solids are pseudo solids or super cooled liquid.
Amorphous
_____ solids have short range order in arrangement of particles.
Amorphous
Repeating pattern of arrangement are called
the _____.
Unit Cell
They are the basic structural unit of crystal.
Unit Cell
_____ are when particles in unit cell are present only at the corners.
Primitive Unit Cell
_____ are when particles are present at the corners as well as other parts of the unit cell.
Centered Unit Cell
3 types of centered unit cell are _____ , _____ , and _____.
Body-Centered Cell, Face-Centered Cell, End-Centered Cell
Same compound occurring in more than
one crystal structure is called _____.
Polymorphism
Polymorphism depends on both the _____ and the _____.
Temperature, External Pressure
Polymorphism in elemental solids are _____.
Allotropy