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Glass vs ceramics?

Glass and ceramics are two forms if silicon dioxide covalent network. Outline how differences in structure cause differences in the properties of these materials form quartz crystals in sand and clay.

Answer:

Quartz crystals are exactly that crystals with a well organized structure. Glass is an amorphous solid of silicon dioxide and other metal oxides without an organized structure and ceramics are other materials with vitrified (glass like) connections holding them together.

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