Key term for AQA GCSE Chemistry, used in Structure and Properties.
The disruption of the regular layered arrangement of atoms in a metal lattice caused by the introduction of atoms of a different size.
Structural distortion appears in AQA GCSE Chemistry revision content for Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter, especially Structure and Properties and Metals and Alloys.
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