| Structure |
Cyrstalline solids are based upon a simple pattern of arrangement of
molecules that is repeated many times throughout the molecule
often there will be boundaries in the material where the pattern cannot be
continued, these give rise to the edges of crystals and a
polycrystalline material. |
Amorphous solids have no regular arrangement of their
molecules and appear like an instantous photo
of a liquid, some like glass flow very slowly |
Polymeric solids are made up of long chain molecules,
wrapped around each other. The polymer chains are made up
repeated monomers. |
