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.