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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Why all amorphous solids are not super cool liquid?

Profile image of Vaswati Kundu
8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Shraddha Deshlehra
8 Years ago
Like liquids, Amorphous solids has a tendency to flow, though very slowly. Therefore, amorphous solids are not super cooled liquid. For ex - glass is an amorphous solid. With a tendency to flow very slowly, glass is obtained when molten silicates are allowed to cool rapidly. Therefore, glass is not considered as super cooled liquid.