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Define Anisotropy. Distinguish between crystalline solids and amorphous solids.

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The ability of crystalline solids to change values of physical properties when measured in different directions is called anisotropy.

	Crystalline solid	Amorphous solid
(i)	They have a definite geometrical shape	They have an irregular shape
(ii)	They have a sharp melting point	They melt over a range of temperature
(iii)	They are anisotropic	They are isotropic
(iv)	They are pure solid	They are supercooled liquid.
(v)	They have long-range order of regular pattern of arrangement of constituent particles.	They have short-range order of regular pattern of arrangement of constituent particles.
(vi)	They have definite heat of fusion.	They do not have a definite heat of fusion.

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