the slowest moving liquid
2006-08-13 11:13:57 · 25 answers · asked by HxcxJohn 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It is a form of liquid..here check this out :
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99017.htm
2006-08-13 11:16:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It has been convincingly demonstrated that it is an amorphous solid and not a liquid of any form.
Part of the problem that made people think it was some sort of super cooled liquid or a very viscus liquid is that it doesn't have a precise melting point. That is due to it being amorphous and not crystalline like quartz. Glass melts over a range of temperatures. The additive contents of glass can influence that range.
Another thing that made people think glass was a liquid was because of the thickness of old panes being greater at the bottom in cathederals and very old homes. But it has been found that was due the glass being uneven in thickness when it was made and the person putting the panes in putting the thick edge at the bottom. (This is more a statement of human behavior rather than the nature of glass.)
2006-08-13 19:56:07 · answer #2 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Essentially, yes. For proof, take a look at the panes of glass at a really old house. The bottom of the window pane iwll be thicker than the top. This is because the glass in the window has, over time, fallen to to the bottom of the pane.
2006-08-13 18:18:17 · answer #3 · answered by acidrecruit 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I love the ocean and all things water, so when I die, i plan on being creamated and have my ashes fashioned into a glass orb. So that even in death, I will forever be joined with the eatrh's waters. And even if glass is a solid, being a glass orb is a whole lot cooler than being buried in the ground or mixing your ashes with the dust that falls in your vase.
2006-08-13 19:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Jay Vee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this is true. In a very old house if you measure the window pane thickness at the top and at the bottom, the glass will be thicker at the bottom.
2006-08-13 18:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by Sabina 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no i saw a thing on tv once and its not. its a solid and its fused sand. i heard that older windows have thicker panes at the bottom, but they say this is more likely due to the techniques they used to make the glass back in the day than the glass being liquid. otherwise, how would we have glass tables or sunroofs?
2006-08-13 18:18:46 · answer #6 · answered by anonymous 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ya, and in fact if find the center of the piece of glass, cut a small 3in in diameter hole in the EXACT center and sit it up at a 62 degree angle and wait 3 days, you can actually see the water, just take any size glass....it's true!!!!!!! it's in this like science book
2006-08-14 15:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by DP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-13 18:18:52 · answer #8 · answered by audetsj 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, its whats known as a supercooled liquid. 100 years from now your window will have an inch of clearence at the top.
2006-08-13 18:16:24 · answer #9 · answered by puzzle55usa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any solid can be charactorized as a slowly-moving liquid.
Ice has slower moving molecular action than water and steam; that is what distinguishes them.
temperature changes cause the metamorphis between each of the forms of H2O, as stated above, by affecting molecular movement.
But you knew that...
2006-08-13 18:20:20 · answer #10 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋