Re: Glass does not flow

[Stan Dodds <dodds@RICE.EDU>]

Or he is reading AJP, perhaps a more reliable source. Try the article
by Zanotto, AJP 66, 392 (1998). The author presents some very
persuasive arguments, firmly based in materials science, to the effect
that glass does not flow at ambient temperatures.

> Here is someone who is learning physics from "Earth&Sky! Wow!
>
> Anyone who thinks that glass doesn't flow is welcome to visit my 130 yr old
> house and look out the windows.
>
> In materials science common glass is clearly thought to be a fluid.  It has
> no long range crystalline structure and clearly flows.
>
> Jim Green
>
> At 01:52 PM 8/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > For those of you that think that glass flows under its own weight you
> > might find this URL a good place to start.
> > (www.earthsky.com/1997/esmi971014.html) Then go to the links.
> > Do not feel too bad about holding this common belief.  One can even find
> > it in Feynman's Lecture Series
> >
> > David Anderson
> > DFA@fnal.gov
>
> Jim Green
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