materials have polymer chains that are oriented in random fashion Amorphous materials slowly soften as they are heated above their Glass Transition temperature Completely amorphous materials have both lower chemical resistance and higher shrinkage than semi-crystalline materials Polystyrene, ABS, and Polycarbonate are examples of amorphous materials
Without a regular structure Amorphous minerals do not have a repeating crystalline matrix Glass, for example, is amorphous because it is cooled in the kiln quickly enough that no crystals have an opportunity to form
Solid material that is composed of randomly orientated atoms, ions, or molecules that do not form defined patterns or lattice structures (non-crystalline)
Irregular; having no discernible order or shape In the context of solids, the molecules are randomly arranged, as in glass, rather than periodically arranged, as in a crystalline material
lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm
without real or apparent crystalline form; "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure" lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm
Something that is amorphous has no clear shape or structure. A dark, strangely amorphous shadow filled the room. the amorphous mass of the unemployed. = shapeless. having no definite shape or features (amorphos, from morphe )
amorphousness
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Etymologie
[ &-'mor-f&s ] (adjective.) circa 1731. Greek amorphos, from a- + morphE form.