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Grade 8Physical Chemistry

Define the term 'amorphous'. Give a few examples of amorphous solids.

Profile image of prasanjeet kumar
12 Years agoGrade 8
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Profile image of Aarti Gupta
12 Years ago
Term ‘amorphous’ means no form i.e irregular shape.Solids which consists of particles of irregular shape are called amorphous solids.The constituent particles in such solids has only short range order.Glass,rubber and plastics are some examples of amorphous solids.
Profile image of Nani
7 Years ago
AMORPHOUS means in which constituents partials have only short range order is called AMORPHOUS.
 
Ex:glass,rubber etc.. .