Solid State
1.0 Classification of Solids
1.0 Classification of Solids
Solids are divided into two classes, namely crystalline and amorphous solids.
A solid is said to be crystalline if the constituents arrange themselves in regular manner throughout the three-dimensional network. The ordered arrangement of building constituents extends over a large distance.
On the other hand, in amorphous solids, the arrangement of building constituents is not regular. Although amorphous solids possess rigidity, incompressibility, refractive index etc., but do not have characteristic shapes of geometrical forms.
