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A solid, that lacks the long-range order characteristic of a crystal.ahmedish
About 9702_w10_qp_23 Q2:
Crystalline solid: Solid containing ions in a regular lattice structure. It is a long range structure because the lattice consists of repeating units of ions in a regular arrangement.
Polymer: Long chains of monomers (repeating units). They can have cross-linking structures or tangled bits. Cross-linking polymers tend to be stronger because van der Waals forces are definite there, whereas tangled polymers are just like of spaghetti - completely random.
Amorphous: Has no fixed arrangement of particles.
Hope this helps.
P.S: I'd like it if someone elaborated on the amorphous part.