alleryStart learning →When a crystalline solid melts, its particle arrangement becomes?
AEqually fixed in position
BMore tightly fixed in place
CLess regularly ordered
DMore regularly ordered
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Less regularly ordered
Melting disrupts the fixed ordered arrangement and lets particles move relative to one another.
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