Is glass actually a liquid?

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Glass. The more you look at it, the more clear it becomes that it holds some serious mysteries. So what really is glass? Is it a liquid? How is it different from typical solids? Does it flow and ooze over time? Is that why old windows are thicker at the bottom? Let's find out!

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References from this episode

1. https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i47/s-glass-modern-day-researchers.html
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7245478/
3. https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html
4. https://phys.org/news/2016-03-scientists-temperature-glass-liquid.html
5. https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jace.15092
6. https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i20/Pyrex-100.html
7. Chemistry by Julia Burdge

 

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