Welcome to our website about crystalline solids! You’ll learn what they are and the different types. If you are a visual learner, there is graphic that will help you keep track of the different types and their IMF. There are also links to three Crash Course videos on the subject. If you have any questions are ideas on ways to improve this page, please email them to Marci@RegalLessons.com.
Definitions of Crystalline Solids
Crystalline solids are atoms arranged in an orderly way. Scientists divide crystalline solids into three groups: ionic solids, atomic solids, and molecular solids.
Ionic solids are made of metals bonded to non-metals with ionic bonds.
Atomic solids are usually made of single elements. However, scientists also classify silicon bonded to oxygen and silicon bonded to carbon as atomic solids. Scientists divide atomic solids into three groups: metals, network covalent bonds, and noble gasses.
- Metals: metallic elements bonded with themselves metals with detached electrons.
- Network covalent bonds: silicon and carbon atoms bonded together in multiple places forming a network of bonds.
- Noble gases: Group VIII elements loosely bonded together with of London Dispersion Forces (LDF). (Group VIII elements are those elements in the last row of your periodic table.)
Molecular solids are non-metallic atoms bonded together with covalent.
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Chart of Crystalline Solids
This chart below will help you identify the different types of crystalline solids.
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Crash Course Videos
These crash course videos will give you a great overview of crystalline solids!
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