What is quartz glass? Is it amorphous or crystalline?
Quartz is a colourless glass composed of almost pure silica, resistant to very high temperatures and transparent to near-ultraviolet radiation.
It is an amorphus solid.
Which of the following is an amorphous solid ?
(a) Graphiter (C) (b) Quartz glass (SiO2)
(c) Chrome alum (d) Silicon carbide (SiC)