glass is a liquid?

[quizzelsnatch]

discuss.

 

[Albatross]

yes

 

[promposive]

maybe

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Yes, just moves very slowly

 

[mugs]

Glass can be a liquid.

 

[mwmorph]

welcome to 5th grade science.

Glass is an amorphous solid not sure what it means but wikipedia and snopes see mto support this. Bill Nye classified it with jello.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

For proof check the windows of a really old building and see that its thicker near the bottom than at the top.

 

[BlancoNino]

Yeah, go ahead and have a glass.

😕

 

[BrokenVisage]

Just think, where would we be without.. sand! :music:Sand, Sannnd, SANNND! *fanfare*:music:

 

[Ika]

It has liquid-like qualities.

 

[biggestmuff]

Not a liquid. It is a plasma; one of the four states of matter.

 

[Wag]

One common misconception is that glass is a super-cooled liquid of practically infinite viscosity at room temperature and as such flows, though very slowly. Glass is generally treated as an amorphous solid rather than a liquid, though different views can be justified since characterizing glass as either 'solid' or 'liquid' is not an entirely straightforward matter [1]. However, the notion that glass flows to an appreciable extent over extended periods of time is not supported by empirical evidence or theoretical analysis.

What's to discuss? Use Wikipedia next time.

 

[destrekor]

somewhat yes.
discussion over.

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
welcome to 5th grade science.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Then what is liquid glass?

 

[mordantmonkey]

it's an amorphous solid

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Then what is liquid glass?

heated liquid?

 

[MrChad]

It's more soquid than anything else.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer
For proof check the windows of a really old building and see that its thicker near the bottom than at the top.

This is a popularly held misconception. That has to do with the manufacturing methods.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Not a liquid. It is a plasma; one of the four states of matter.

Woot, four!

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Then what is liquid glass?

heated liquid?

cooled plasma?

 

[Shawn]

yes

 

[drinkmorejava]

Would the OP's face become liquid under the extreme pressure of my fist?

 

[Wag]

Best science lesson is to be taken to the Corning factory in upstate NY where you can walk through the factory while they're blowing glass. Sweet.🙂

They make the lenses of giant optical telescopes, and have on display some of the rejected ones. They have to be super-perfect or they're garbage.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Not a liquid. It is a plasma; one of the four states of matter.

Woot, four!

I recall something about there being 5. The extreme opposite of plasma... don't remember what it was called, but I think it had something to do with einstein.