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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Can it really produce solids though? Just seems like a really viscous liquid…

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    If you ask a material scientist, glass is also just a very viscous liquid.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    No it's not.

    The thing about old glass is that the manufacturing process was different and produced glass with variable thickness.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Old glass being thicker at the bottom, isn't what was referring to.

    Maybe its a bit of a technicality, but since glass doesn't form a crystal lattice, one could argue that its just a liquid which has an infinitely high viscosity. Hence its very viscous.

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