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Why benzoic acid has a sharp melting point but glass does not?

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To understand why benzoic acid has a sharp melting point while glass does not, we need to delve into the classification of solids and their properties. ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Classification of Solids**: - Solids are primarily classified into two categories: crystalline solids and amorphous solids. 2. **Crystalline Solids**: ...
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CENGAGE CHEMISTRY ENGLISH-NCERT BASED EXERCISE-Short Answer Type Questions
  1. Why amorphous solids are called as supercooled liquids?

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  2. Why benzoic acid has a sharp melting point but glass does not?

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  3. Classifiy the following into inoic, molecular, covalent and metallic c...

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  4. CsCl structure is interchanged into NaCl structure This can be done be...

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  5. A NaCl crystal is found to have CsCl structure. How it happened?

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  6. What is the coordination number of TVs and OV s

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  7. What ist the coordination number of each ion present in the closed pac...

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  8. What is the coordination number of hcp and ccp?

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  9. How does amorphous silica differs from quartz?

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  10. Do all metals posses a closed packed structure?

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  11. Why do some substance exist as solids?

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  12. Why do the window glass of old old building (a) look milky and (b) bec...

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  13. Why the melting points of NaF and MgO (990^(@)C and 2640^(@)C) are so ...

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  14. How many types of centred unit cells exist?

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  15. How many types of two-dimensional lattice exist? Why pentagonal lattic...

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  16. How many TVs and OV s occur per unit cell and per atom in a closest pa...

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  17. Where the TVs and OV s are located in a closet packed structure?

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  18. What is the distance between two TVs?

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  19. In an hcp structure, calculate Z("eff)

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  20. In a diamond cubic (dc) structure, calculate Z("eff")

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