Title: (Optional) Compare the structure of amorphous and crystalline materials.
Course: Materials and Processes Technology (13052-18) > Section: Understanding Materials and Processes Technology Concepts

Comparison should include

- face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, and hexagonal close-packed as commonly found molecular structures
- unit cells combining to form crystal lattices
- amorphous materials
- unit cells and crystal lattices.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What basic molecular structures are found in common materials?
- What common materials are amorphous and crystalline?
- What is the relationship between structure and physical properties?
- How can a material contain both crystalline and amorphous regions?
- How does a crystalline structure influence microscopic and macroscopic properties?
- What is a metastable structure? What common materials are metastable?
- How can molecular structure be manipulated in nanotechnology?