• condensed matter physics and materials science, an amorphous solid (or non-crystalline solid) is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic...
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    possible states of matter for water as a solid. Currently, 19 phases, including both crystalline and amorphous ice, have been observed at various densities...
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    Crystal (redirect from Morphous solid)
    third category of solids is amorphous solids, where the atoms have no periodic structure whatsoever. Examples of amorphous solids include glass, wax...
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  • As with other amorphous solids, some short-range order can be observed. Amorphous carbon is often abbreviated to aC for general amorphous carbon, aC:H...
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    include metals and ordinary ice), or irregularly (an amorphous solid such as common window glass). Solids cannot be compressed with little pressure whereas...
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    An amorphous metal (also known as metallic glass, glassy metal, or shiny metal) is a solid metallic material, usually an alloy, with disordered atomic-scale...
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    Amorphous silicon (a-Si) is the non-crystalline form of silicon used for solar cells and thin-film transistors in LCDs. Used as semiconductor material...
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    Glass (category Amorphous solids)
    Glass is an amorphous or non-crystalline solid. Because it is often transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological...
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  • metals and can be large in semiconductors and insulators. An amorphous solid such as amorphous indomethacin displays a temperature dependence of molecular...
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  • (crystalline solids, which include metals and ordinary water ice) or irregularly (an amorphous solid such as common window glass). The bulk of solid-state physics...
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    the crystallization temperature (Tc). This transition from amorphous solid to crystalline solid is an exothermic process, and results in a peak in the DSC...
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    In physics, amorphous magnet refers to a magnet made from amorphous solids. Below a certain temperature, these magnets present permanent magnetic phases...
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  • crystalline solids. They should not be confused with amorphous solids as they are not solids and exhibit properties such as flow which bulk solids do not....
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    Rayleigh scattering is also an important mechanism of wave scattering in amorphous solids such as glass, and is responsible for acoustic wave damping and phonon...
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    into a viscous or rubbery state as the temperature is increased. An amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition is called a glass. The reverse transition...
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    large number crystallites held together by thin layers of amorphous solid. Most inorganic solids are polycrystalline, including all common metals, many ceramics...
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    TPa or 5.62 TPa. As well as crystalline forms, solid water can exist in amorphous states as amorphous solid water (ASW) of varying densities. In outer space...
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    structures, or fifteen solid phases, which exist at various temperatures and pressures. Glasses and other non-crystalline, amorphous solids without long-range...
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    amorphous solid the atomic bond structure is highly irregular; in contrast, a crystal has a uniform pattern of atomic bonds. In ferromagnetic solids,...
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    supercooled liquid, and, with further rapid cooling, this becomes an amorphous solid. The change from supercooled liquid to glass occurs at a temperature...
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    Allotropes of sulfur (category Amorphous solids)
    the temperature increases through the transition). As it anneals, solid amorphous sulfur changes from its initial glassy form, to a plastic form, hence...
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  • network solid there are no individual molecules, and the entire crystal or amorphous solid may be considered a macromolecule. Formulas for network solids, like...
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    Caramel (category Amorphous solids)
    Caramel (/ˈkærəmɛl/ or /ˈkɑːrməl/) is an orange-brown confectionery product made by heating a range of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings...
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    S2CID 124299526. Elliott SR (1991). "Medium-range structural order in covalent amorphous solids". Nature. 354 (6353): 445–452. Bibcode:1991Natur.354..445E. doi:10...
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  • transformation of a substance into a glass, that is to say, a non-crystalline amorphous solid. Glasses differ from liquids structurally and glasses possess a higher...
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    the radial parameter of the dispersion relation. Fluids, glasses and amorphous solids are examples of a symmetric system whose dispersion relations have...
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    Cotton candy (category Amorphous solids)
    Cotton candy, also known as candy floss (candyfloss) and fairy floss, is a spun sugar confection that resembles cotton. It usually contains small amounts...
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    other non-metal except diamond, and exceeds that of most metals. As an amorphous solid, beryllium oxide is white. Its high melting point leads to its use...
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  • Look up amorphous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An amorphous solid is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic of a crystal...
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    polymer below Tg glass transition temperature to form an amorphous solid. Like glass, amorphous PET forms when its molecules are not given enough time to...
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