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Physical Chemistry

Urea has sharp melting points but glass does not.why?

Profile image of kiran kumar
12 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Sunil Kumar FP
11 Years ago
Urea is a pure crystalline compond so has a sharp melting point whereas, glass is an amorphous copound.
Urea is crystalline solid with long range arrangement of particles while glass is a amorphous solid with short range arrangement of particles.
Profile image of kirti garg
8 Years ago
Urea has a sharp melting point but glass does not because urea is a crystalline solids while glass is an amorphous solids .