Amorfinen
Amorfinen is a term used to describe substances that lack long-range crystalline order. In materials science, amorphous materials—often referred to by the plural Amorfinen in some languages—include glasses, many polymers, gels and metallic glasses. They are defined by a disordered arrangement of atoms or molecules, without a repeating lattice. Despite this, they may exhibit short-range order and, in some cases, weak medium-range order. Their macroscopic properties are typically isotropic.
The absence of a crystalline lattice means amorphous materials do not display sharp, well-defined diffraction peaks
Common categories of Amorfinen include inorganic glasses such as silica glass, borosilicate glasses, and specialized ceramics;
Formation and processing typically involve rapid cooling (quenching) from the liquid state, vapor deposition, or certain
Etymology stems from Greek a- “without” and morphe “form.” See also amorphous silicon, amorphous carbon, glass