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Difference in arrangement of crystalline and amorphous solids.
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Introduction: Solid is a
In solid, particles are closer that makes them tightly bounded. Solids vibrate about a fixed position due to which solid could be bent but it strongly resists bending.
Mainly there are two types of solids: Crystalline and amorphous solids.
Crystalline solids are ordered at atomic level whereas amorphous solids have disordered arrangement of atoms.
In amorphous solid, atoms or particles in have disordered arrangement, whereas, in crystalline solid, atoms are arranged in crystal lattice.
Conclusion:Atoms in crystalline solids are have a fixed or ordered arrangement, whereas atoms of amorphous solids are arranged in a random pattern.
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