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Figure 1: The state of atomic motion.

Figure 2: The atomic arrangements in (A) a crystalline solid, (B) an amorphous solid, and (C) a gas.

Figure 3: The two general cooling paths by which a group of atoms can condense. Route 1 is the path to the crystalline state; route 2 is the rapid-quench path to the amorphous solid state.

Figure 7: Two basic models for the atomic-scale structure of amorphous solids.

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Also Known As	noncrystalline solid • amorphous material • amorphous substance • noncrystalline material

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Figure 1: The state of atomic motion.

Figure 2: The atomic arrangements in (A) a crystalline solid, (B) an amorphous solid, and (C) a gas.

Figure 3: The two general cooling paths by which a group of atoms can condense. Route 1 is the path to the crystalline state; route 2 is the rapid-quench path to the amorphous solid state.

Figure 7: Two basic models for the atomic-scale structure of amorphous solids.

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plastic glass solid solution vitreous state glass transition random-coil model random close-packing model continuous random-network model radial distribution function omission solid solution crystal quasicrystal elasticity hole adsorption permeability corrosion surface grain

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Sir Nevill F. Mott at the ceremony with his Nobel Prize for Physics, 1977.

Sir Nevill F. Mott

British physicist

John H. Van Vleck

American physicist

Bertram Eugene Warren

American crystallographer