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Why do solids show close packing.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 04 Jun, 2014, 01:23: PM
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Crystal is a regular, repeating arrangement of atoms or molecules. The majority of solids, including all metals, adopt a crystalline arrangement because the amount of stabilization achieved by anchoring interactions between neighboring particles is at its greatest when the particles adopt regular (rather than random) arrangements.

In the crystalline arrangement, the particles pack efficiently together to minimize the total intermolecular energy

Answered by Ravi | 04 Jun, 2014, 03:23: PM

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