Question

Does amorphous solids show cleavage property

Answer 1

cleavage property means gives plane surfaced parts when the solid is cut with a sharp knife or any other sharp tool. Amorphous solids does not show cleavage property. crystalline solids show cleavage property

Answer 2

Answer:

1)The constituent particles in amorphous solids are arranged randomly.

2) They have short range ordered structure.

(3) Amorphous solids are called supercooled liquids having very high viscosity.

(4) They do not have sharp melting points and they melt gradually over a temperature interval.

(5) Amorphous substances appear like solids but they do not have perfectly ordered crystalline structure, hence they are not real solids. Therefore they are pseudo solids.

(6) They are isotropic and cxhibit the same magnitude of any property in every direction.