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Posted by Ed Huntress on February 26, 2008, 6:21 pm
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> charlie wrote:
>>>>Glass is solid, yet its considered a "slow liquid"
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> >>>Gunner
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>> this is incorrect. glass is classified as an amorphous solid.
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous
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>> regards,
>> charlie
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> You know thats the trouble with science, they keep changing
> things. When I was in school (which was even farther back
> than when Gunner was) I'm pretty sure it was considered a
> "super cooled liquid" or some such description. :-)
> ...lew...
That was before global warming. Now they realize it's not really
supercooled. <g>a
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Ed Huntress
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