DISTINCTION BETWEEN CRYSTALLINE AND AMORPHOUS SOLIDS

Distinction between crystalline and Amorphous solids

            Crystalline solid                                               Amorphous solid
l) Constituent particles are arranged               1) Constituent Particles are not in a
    in a orderly regular pattern .                            orderly regular pattern .
2) They have definite geometrical shape        2) They do not have definite geometrical shape .
3) These are true solids ‘                                 3) These are pseudo solids or super cooled liquid.

4) They may or may not be isotropic              4) they are isotropic like liquids.

5) Heat of fusion is delinite                             5) Heat of fusion is not definite.