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What happens when an amorphous solid breaks?

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An amorphous solid is defined as one lacking crystalline structure. Since it doesn’t have structure, it breaks to form a relatively random, jagged edges rather than straight ones it may tend to shatter in prices rather than cleave along a crystal plane l (since there is no crystal plane to break along)
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