A glass has a random arrangement of particles. They are often called amorphous, which means without shape. Contrast with a crystal, which has a definite arrangement of particles.
crystalline solids
All amorphous solids are composed of particles with no crystalline structure that has any sort of periodicity, the most common of which, perhaps, is glass. This means that the particles have no ordered arrangement. This is opposed to crystalline solids which do have a well defined periodicity and have long range order.
in crystalline solids, the atoms are arranged in an ordered fashion and hence they have sharp melting points. amorphous solids, due to random arrangement of the atoms do not have sharp melting points.
Crystalline particles form a regular repeating pattern, also when a crystalline solid is heated it melts at a specific temperature. Amorphous particles are not arranged in a regular pattern, and when it is heated, it may become softerand softer or change into other substances.
Random motion is a property of all particles. Brownian motion, the random redistribution of particles due to individual random motion, is possible in fluids, including gasses, liquids, and plasmas, but not in solids- the structure of solids prevents individual particles from moving out of place until they gain enough energy for their small random movements to break free. The key feature of gasses relating to motion is that the particles have an appreciable amount of space between them and can travel many times farther before encountering another gas particle than is possible in a liquid. This allows the rapid diffusion of different gasses into a homogeneous mixture.
amorphous solids
Amorphous solids can have a random arrangement of particles.
Most solids do not have an orderly arrangement of particles: these are non-crystalline solids.
crystalline solids
The arrangement of particles are packed together.
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The particles in crystalline solids are arranged in a repeating, three- dimensional pattern called a crystal. But amorphous solids often consist of large particles that are not arranged in a repeating pattern. They are found in a random arrangement which makes them to suck dicks or pussys!!
No, they are not packed tightly together. The particles in solids are. In gas, they move in random motion and are the furthest apart, compared to solids and liquids. Hope this helps :)
No, they are not packed tightly together. The particles in solids are. In gas, they move in random motion and are the furthest apart, compared to solids and liquids. Hope this helps :)
Thermal Energy
All amorphous solids are composed of particles with no crystalline structure that has any sort of periodicity, the most common of which, perhaps, is glass. This means that the particles have no ordered arrangement. This is opposed to crystalline solids which do have a well defined periodicity and have long range order.
in crystalline solids, the atoms are arranged in an ordered fashion and hence they have sharp melting points. amorphous solids, due to random arrangement of the atoms do not have sharp melting points.