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Wood charcoal,Lamp black etc are the amorphous forms of Carbon but plz make me clear that what is an amorphous form.What does it mean?
The atoms in the solid are not arranged in either a definite pattern or in a pattern that is not the most crystalline form.
www.iupac.org/goldbook/A00294.pdf
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=1131
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_carbon
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