Diamond has 4 strong covalent bonds w/ neighboring atom. solid argon, held by 12 weak bonds to its neighbors. also explain answer by using "particle mdoel of thermal energy" or other models.How many springs does it take to model the thermal energy of diamond and how many for solid argon?I don't think there is an answer to your question, the number of springs is somewhere of the order of 3 times the number of atoms, because each atom is connected ONLY to the neighboring atom (by one spring).
They way that you model the crystalline structure is by assuming that you have a linear array of atoms with springs;
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However, to be totally concise you have to add in three dimensions worth of springs (hence the ~ 3x).
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