Viscosity
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The amount of resistance to flow of a liquid, measured in centriposes, high viscosity liquids are stiff. Viscosity of glass increases with decreasing temperature, stiffening glass until below the strain point when glass acts as a solid. | The amount of resistance to flow of a liquid, measured in centriposes, high viscosity liquids are stiff. Viscosity of glass increases with decreasing temperature, stiffening glass until below the strain point when glass acts as a solid. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:47, 13 June 2010
Stiffness. The amount of resistance to flow of a liquid, measured in centriposes, high viscosity liquids are stiff. Viscosity of glass increases with decreasing temperature, stiffening glass until below the strain point when glass acts as a solid.
