Amorphous solid

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solid state

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• Gases are also fluids, and they do not have a shape!) And there is your answer: an amorphous solid is a SOLID; a non-Newtonian fluid is a FLUID.
• An amorphous solid is formed when the chains have little orientation throughout the bulk polymer.
• However, the energy difference between the amorphous and crystalline state is relatively small, so the amorphous solid is quite stable.
• Durand: Amorphous Solid is curated by Quinn Darlington, Kristian De la Torre, Jon Gudmundsson, Elizabeth Johnson, Kelly Lardner, Thomas McMahon, Scott Sparks, Pragya Upadhyaya, Neal Van Winkle, and Stephanie Williams.
• An example of an amorphous solid is glass.

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