Chemistry Class 12

Difference between crystalline and amorphous solids

Why do crystalline solids have sharp melting points while amorphous solids don't?

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Crystalline solids have a highly ordered arrangement of particles, leading to a sharp melting point. Amorphous solids lack this long-range order, so they soften over a range of temperatures instead of melting sharply.

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