{"id":4607,"date":"2013-06-29T06:54:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T06:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=4607"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:00:20","slug":"amorphous-solids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/amorphous-solids\/","title":{"rendered":"Amorphous Solid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is an Amorphous Solid?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Amorphous Solids\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_Q0YeB4i4Iro\"><div id=\"lyte_Q0YeB4i4Iro\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQ0YeB4i4Iro%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Amorphous Solids<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q0YeB4i4Iro\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FQ0YeB4i4Iro%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Amorphous Solids\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>Amorphous solids do not have a definite, regular internal shape. Now you may have heard of <strong>crystalline solids<\/strong>. Well, the main difference between crystalline solids and amorphous solids is that amorphous solids (like I said) do not have a definite, regular internal shape, so this gives amorphous solids three interesting qualities.<\/p>\n<p>The first is when <strong>amorphous solids<\/strong> cool into a rigid form, they retain fluid like properties. Now because these amorphous solids have no definite, regular internal shape they can be easily molded. Think about glass, for example, (that&#8217;s an example of an amorphous solid) and glass comes in a variety of forms and shapes.<\/p>\n<p>It can be a glass bottle, or it can be in a window, or it could be some kind of complex glass structure. The point is, glass can be molded into many different shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s other types of amorphous solids as well, like, rubber for example, which can be molded into automobile tires, or sheets, or gaskets, and there&#8217;s also plastics, which can be mold into all types of shapes and sizes. That&#8217;s an example of how amorphous solids can be molded.<\/p>\n<p>Now the third interesting characteristic of the solids, is they do not break into regular crystals. Remember how I was talking about glass as an example, you think about if you dropped a glass bottle, the different pieces of glass would not all be the same size.<\/p>\n<p>You would have some little pieces, some big pieces, and some in-between pieces. Again, that&#8217;s just for example, because amorphous solids do not break into regular crystals.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if you think about crystalline solids, they do break into regular crystals, so again, there&#8217;s another difference between amorphous solids and crystalline solids. The main thing you need to remember is that amorphous solids have no definite, regular internal shape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an Amorphous Solid?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-4607","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"page_category-chemistry-shape-forms-videos","6":"page_category-chemistry-states-of-matter-videos","7":"page_type-video","8":"page_domain-science"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4607"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53427,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4607\/revisions\/53427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}