wiz-icon
MyQuestionIcon
MyQuestionIcon
1
You visited us 1 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!
Question

Crystalline solids may be anisotropic due to the arrangement of their constituent particles but how are amorphous solids isotropic in nature?

Open in App
Solution


Amorphous is said to be isotropic in nature, i.e they have the same value for all the physical properties in different directions. Amorphous solids have short range order so the bond geometry can roughly be taken to be even all around, so they are isotropic.

flag
Suggest Corrections
thumbs-up
1
Join BYJU'S Learning Program
similar_icon
Related Videos
thumbnail
lock
Introduction to Carbon Family
CHEMISTRY
Watch in App
Join BYJU'S Learning Program
CrossIcon