Dear Student,

Amorphous solid is a solid that lacks an ordered internal structure. These are solids with short-range order and irregular shapes of constituent particles. There nature is isotropic and they melt over a range of temperatures. They do not have a definite enthalpy of fusion.

Examples of amorphous solids are glass, rubber, plastic, etc.

Glass is a very important amorphous solid which is made by cooling a mixture of materials in such a way that it does not crystallize.

Properties of  amorphous solids :-

• The intermolecular forces in amorphous solids are weaker than those in crystalline solids.
• They do not have a regular external structure and they do not have sharp melting points.
• The physical properties of amorphous solids are the same in all directions.

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