This document discusses the classification and properties of solid materials. It describes crystalline solids as having a highly ordered microscopic structure forming a crystal lattice, while amorphous solids lack a definite pattern. Crystalline solids form through close packing of particles to reach maximum density. Close packing can be square or hexagonal, with hexagonal having a coordination number of 6. Interstitial voids are the empty spaces left in close packed structures. Solids also exhibit magnetic properties and are classified as diamagnetic if weakly repelled by magnetic fields or paramagnetic if weakly attracted with unpaired electrons.
3. CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
A crystalline solid is a
solid material whose
constituents are
arranged in a highly
ordered microscopic
structure, forming a
crystal lattice that
extends in all
directions.
4. AMORPHOUS SOLIDS
An amorphous solid is any noncrystalline
An amorphoussolid
is a material in which
the atoms and
molecules are not
organized in a
definite lattice
pattern. Such solids
include glass, plastic,
and gel.
5. CLOSE PACKING IN CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
The packing of constituent particles during the
formation of a crystal takesplace in such a way
that the available space is used most
economically and a state of maximum possible
density is reached. This type of packing is called
close packing
7. SQUARE CLOSE PACKING
? In this arrangement
the particles in the
adjacent rows show
horizontal as well as
vertical arrangement
in the plane
? Each central sphere
is in contact with 4
other spheres
8. HEXAGONAL CLOSE PACKING
? In this arrangement
particles of the second
row are placed in the
depressions between
particles of first row.
? Each particle is in contact
with six other particles
which are arranged
hexagonally around it.
10. CO-ORDINATION NUMBER
In any crystal
lattice, the number
of nearest
neighbours with
which a given
particle is in
contact is called
the co-ordination
number
CN=6