amorphous solid

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Figure 1: The state of atomic motion.

Figure 2: The atomic arrangements in (A) a crystalline solid, (B) an amorphous solid, and (C) a gas.

Figure 3: The two general cooling paths by which a group of atoms can condense. Route 1 is the path to the crystalline state; route 2 is the rapid-quench path to the amorphous solid state.

Figure 7: Two basic models for the atomic-scale structure of amorphous solids.

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Also Known As	noncrystalline solid • amorphous material • amorphous substance • noncrystalline material

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Figure 1: The state of atomic motion.

Figure 2: The atomic arrangements in (A) a crystalline solid, (B) an amorphous solid, and (C) a gas.

Figure 3: The two general cooling paths by which a group of atoms can condense. Route 1 is the path to the crystalline state; route 2 is the rapid-quench path to the amorphous solid state.

Figure 7: Two basic models for the atomic-scale structure of amorphous solids.

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Sir Nevill F. Mott at the ceremony with his Nobel Prize for Physics, 1977.

Sir Nevill F. Mott

British physicist

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John H. Van Vleck

American physicist

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Bertram Eugene Warren

American crystallographer