when a crystalline solid such as snow is heated its melts at a destined characteristic melting point
Atoms become spaced farther apart Crystalline structure of solids, if any, is lost Entropy increases
Atoms and crystalline
The way it breaks
Examples: chemical reactivity, toxicity, flammability, stability.
Solid, specific chemical composition, crystalline structure, formed by nature, and inorganic.
Solid, specific chemical composition, crystalline structure, formed by nature, and inorganic.
Amorphous solids lack the long-range order characteristics of a crystalline solid.
Several examples: density, color, refractive index, crystalline structure, melting point.
Several examples: density, color, refractive index, crystalline structure, melting point.
To meet the definition of a mineral, a substance must be an inorganic, naturally occurring solid, with a set parameter of chemical formulas and a crystalline structure. Non-defining physical properties or characteristics of minerals include: hardness, luster, cleavage, crystal structure, chemical formula, streak, radioactivity, refraction, magnetism, and pleochroism.
Some salts are shiny.