Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
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Verified for the 2026 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Definition
Solids are one of the states of matter where molecules are closely packed together and vibrate around a fixed position. They have a definite shape and volume.
A type of solid where the atoms or molecules are arranged in a well-ordered, repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.
Amorphous Solid: A type of solid where there is no long-range order in the position of its atoms or molecules.
Polymerization: The process by which small molecules called monomers combine chemically to produce a very large chainlike or network molecule, called polymer.