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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Structure of liquids and glasses (redirect from Structure of glass)
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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Metalloid (section Glass formation)
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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