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Is glass in its cooled state a solid or a liquid?
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#56232. Asked by dejavucub4. (Mar 28 05 9:26 AM)
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dejavucub4
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I find sites with studies that claim both solid and liquid also,for those keeping track this question altho not bieng about Oregon, I did get another "state" question in.
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Flynn_17
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I maintain that Wikipedia sucks.
Most sites I visit claim that it has its own state, much like the crystals used in calculator displays.
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satguru
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Achernar is right, according to both answers to earlier questions and probably snopes. The ripples in old glass is from the way it was made, not movement over time. That's the likely origin of the idea, but the scientific answers I've read put that to bed.
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gmackematix
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Whatever you think of Wikipedia, Flynn, it has listed a number of pertinent arguments and listed a number of sources with contributions by respected physicists and experts on glass in support of its argument that glass is a solid.
Accept it, Flynn. The fluidity of glass is a popular myth.
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Flynn_17
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I choose the right to accept or to not accept that glass is a fluid or not.
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gmackematix
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Thank you. Your irrelevant questioning of my scientific credentials has been noted.
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Baloo55th
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I was rather worried there for a moment - wondering how I'd managed to insult you. Then I realised that this was the OTHER question about glass.....
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peasypod
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Flynn, honeybunch, how is it you know what education qualifications Gerard has or hasn't achieved? Jeepers, good thing you weren't around for my CHOATIC mishap. ;)
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fivestarhugh
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This is hard. They have to heat the "glass" to create the shape and the cool it,so i'm gonna say Solid.
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Arpeggionist
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Glass is an amorphous solid. If one heated up sugar until it was fluid and then let it cool, it would also become a solid and look very much like glass (but would taste much better).
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