Science > Chemistry > Solid State
- Characteristics of Solid State
- Crystalline Solids and Their Characteristics
- Amorphous Solids and Their Characteristics
- Formation of Allotropes
- Sharp Melting Point of Crystalline Solids
- No Sharp Melting Point of Amorphous Solids
- Uses of Amorphous Solids
- Polycrystalline Solids
- Comparative Study of Crystalline and Amorphous Solids
Classification of Crystalline Solids
- Nonpolar Molecular Solids
- Polar Molecular Solids
- Hydrogen-bonded Molecular Solids
- Ionic Solids
- Metallic Solids
- Covalent Solids
- Comparative Study of Crystalline Solids
- The Concept of a unit cell
- 14 Bravais Lattices
- Number of Particles in Unit Cell
- Coordination Number
Packing Efficiency of Unit Cell
- Packing Factor and Packing Efficiency
- Packing Efficiency for Simple Cubic Crystal Structure
- Packing Efficiency for Body Centred Cubic Crystal Structure
- Packing Efficiency for Face Centred Cubic Crystal Structure
- To Find the Density of a Substance
- To Find Edge Length of Unit Cell
- To Find Volume of Unit Cell
- To Find Atomic Radius
- To Find Number of Atoms in Given Mass of a Substance
- To Find Type of Crystal Lattice
- The Principle of Packing in Solids
- Close Packing in One Dimension
- Close Packing in Two Dimensions: Square Close Packing, Hexagonal Close Packing
- Close Packing in Three Dimensions
- Three-dimensional close packing from a two-dimensional square layer
- Three-dimensional close packing from two-dimensional hexagonal close-packed layers
- Covering Tetrahedral Voids (Hexagonal Closed Packing)
- Covering Octahedral Voids (Cubic Closed Packing)
- Characteristics of Hexagonal Close Packing
- Characteristics of Cubic Close Packing
Tetrahedral and Octahedral Voids
- Types of Voids
- Number of Voids
- Characteristics of Tetrahedral Voids
- Characteristics of Octahedral Voids
- Packing Voids in Ionic Solids
- Definition
- The Significance of Radius Ratio
- Effect of Radius Ratio on Coordination Number
- Radius Ratio of Interstitial Voids
- Tetrahedral Voids
- Octahedral Voids
- Source of Defects
- Point Defects
- Stoichiometric Defects
- Vacancy Defects or Schottky Defects
- Interstitial Defects or Frenkel Defects
- Non-Stoichiometric Defects
- metal Excess Defects
- Point Defects due to Presence of Foreign Atoms or Impurity Defects
- Magnetic Properties of Solids
- Types of Magnetic Material
- Guoy’s Method of Studying Magnetic Properties of Solids
Dielectric Properties of Solids
- Piezoelectricity
- Pyroelectricity
- Ferroelectricity
- Anti-ferroelectricity
Electrical Properties of Solids
- Electrical Conductivity
- Electrical Conductivity on the Basis of Energy Bands
- Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors
- Conduction in Metallic Solids
- Characteristics of Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors
- The structure of Pure Silicon (Semiconductor) Crystal
- Intrinsic semiconductors
- Extrinsic semiconductors
- p-type Semiconductor
- Characteristics of p-type Semiconductors
- n-type Semiconductor
- Characteristics of n-type Semiconductors
- Uses of Semiconductors