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A-LevelPhysicsDeformation of solids9702/12 · Oct/Nov 2012 · Q241 Mark

Which row gives the correct description for the arrangement of atoms in the four types of material? [Table with column headers: 'atoms have no long-range order', 'atoms form giant chain-like molecules', 'atoms have an ordered arrangement in regions, but these ordered regions are at angles to one another', 'atoms are arranged in an ordered way throughout']

Acrystalline, amorphous, polymeric, polycrystalline
Bpolycrystalline, crystalline, amorphous, polymeric
Cpolymeric, polycrystalline, crystalline, amorphous
Damorphous, polymeric, polycrystalline, crystalline

✓ Correct answer

D: amorphous, polymeric, polycrystalline, crystalline

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Deformation of solids, A-Level Physics (syllabus 9702). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Physics, Oct/Nov 2012 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 24.

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