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    Default Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

    Well here you go, one of my new favorite sites called "I Fucking Love Science" touching on our classic debate we have had many discussions on in many places here on TMP! "Is Glass a liquid or a Solid?"

    http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/...olid-or-liquid

    Not one of their most informative articles, but hey...maybe it will inform some people on here of the answer...
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    Default Re: Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

    Super cooled liquid in my eyes. Cool article

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    Default Re: Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

    i think the existence of tektites and desert glass shoots a few holes in the argument that glass is a liquid.

    it's some of the oldest glass on the earth (oligocene, ~30 million years) and it hasn't slumped, pooled, or behaved in any way like a liquid.

    i fucking love science is great though =D

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    Default Re: Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

    My windows are melting!!
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    Default Re: Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

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    Default Re: Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

    Glass is neither a solid nor a liquid - it's an addiction...

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    Default Re: Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

    I was under the impression that glass was in a special category called an "Amorphous solid". I've read it other places, but I think contemporary lamp working was the first place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass

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    Default Re: Classic debate of glass being solid or liquid on one of my fav sites IFLS

    Quote Originally Posted by brads View Post
    Glass is neither a solid nor a liquid - it's an addiction...
    Haha
    Quote Originally Posted by thundercat View Post
    I was under the impression that glass was in a special category called an "Amorphous solid". I've read it other places, but I think contemporary lamp working was the first place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass
    Agreed "amorphous solid"

    If u think of it even steel has a melting point
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