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Describe the term “amorphous’. Give a few examples of amorphous solids.

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Amorphous solids are those solids in which the constituent particles may have a short range order, have irregular shape and isotropic in nature. They do not show clean cleavage. They do not have sharp melting points and do not have definite heat of fusion.

Examples: glass, plastics and rubber etc.

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