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The small orderly arranged crystalline parts of amorphous solids are called?

Correct answer: C. Crystallite

  • A. Isotrope
  • B. Crystals
  • C. Crystallite
  • D. Bakelite

Explanation

OPTION A: Isotrope refers to a material that has the same physical properties in all directions.OPTION B: Crystals refer to a solid material in which the atoms or molecules are arranged in a repeating and orderly pattern extending in all three dimensions, while amorphous solids lack this ordered pattern.OPTION C: The arrangement of particles in a Crystalline solid is in a very orderly fashion. These articles are arranged in a repeating pattern of a three-dimensional network. This network is known as a crystal lattice and the smallest unit of a crystal is a Unit cell. OPTION D: Bakelite is a type of polymer, which is a type of plastic material that is amorphous and doesn't have a repeating and orderly arrangement of atoms.

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