11.7 Structures of Solids

• Definite and rigid shapes and sizes

• Not very compressible

• Do not flow

• Two types of solids

  • amorphous (without form)
  • crystalline (orderly arrays)

• Demo: NiTiNAL

nglasses

nwires

nwire

ncandle

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