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A crystalline solid
ChemistrySolid StateJEE Main
Options:
  • A Changes abruptly from solid to liquid when heated
  • B Has no definite melting point
  • C Undergoes deformation of its geometry easily
  • D Has an irregular 3-dimensional arrangements
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The correct answer is: Changes abruptly from solid to liquid when heated
In crystalline solid there is perfect arrangement of the constituent particles only at $0 K$. As the temperature increases the chance that a lattice site may be unoccupied by an ion increases. As the number of defects increases with temperature solid change in liquid.

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