• material form a glass. More recent theories focus on the kinetics behind the formation of glass and these kinetic theories of glass formation have largely...
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    common objects made of glass like "a glass" of water, "glasses", and "magnifying glass", are named after the material. Glass is most often formed by...
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    The glass–liquid transition, or glass transition, is the gradual and reversible transition in amorphous materials (or in amorphous regions within semicrystalline...
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    Glass fiber (or glass fibre) is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass. Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with...
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    crystals). The glass transition temperature of basalt is about 700 °C (1,292 °F). The mechanisms controlling formation of volcanic glass are further illustrated...
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    Brow, R. K, Structural Theories of Glass Formation (PDF), pp. 5–6 Brow, R. K, Structural Theories of Glass Formation (PDF), pp. 5–6 Brow, R. K, Advanced...
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    Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th...
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    Pele's hair (category Glass in nature)
    (closest modern Hawaiian translation: "lauoho o Pele") is a volcanic glass formation produced from cooled lava stretched into thin strands, usually from...
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  • by the formation of oxoacid salts such as AsPO4, As2(SO4)3 and arsenic acetate As(CH3COO)3. The oxide As2O3 is polymeric, amphoteric, and a glass former...
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    Exposure". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 Aug 2013. Ojovan MI (2004). "Glass formation in amorphous SiO2 as a percolation phase transition in a system of...
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