Amorphous materials such as glass are non-crystalline solids.
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- Thermoplastic polymers are either semicrystalline or amorphous.
- Below the glass transition temperature (Tg) the amorphous material will be a brittle solid.
- The volume temperature curve as shown above is often used to show the difference between amorphous and crystalline solids.
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