Solids Flashcards
Viscosity of solids
Infinite
Amorphous solids has _____ MP/BP
Long range
Another name for amorphous solids
Supercooled liquids
Examples of amorphous solids
Plastic, wood, glass, rubber, gemstone, concrete, polymer
Crystalline solids have particles arranged
In 3D
Crystalline solids cleavage plane
Proper (anisotropic)
Crystalline solids other name
True solids
Crystalline solids examples
NaCl, KI, diamond, graphite, ice, dry ice, CaCO3, MgO, Fe, Cu, K, Mg, Sr
How many elements of symmetry
23
Cubical solids
NaCl, diamond, MgO, NaF
Hexagonal solids
Graphite, Water (ice), ZnO, CdS
Orthorhombic solids
KNO3, AgNO3
Isomorphs are
Solids that have the same structure (cubical etc)
(So NaCl and diamonds are isomorphs)
Polymorph is
One solid that has many structures
(KNO3 and AgNO3 can be orthorhombic and rhombahedral)
(CaCO3 can be trigonal and orthorhombic)
Polymorphs have
Similar chemical properties but different physical properties