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From: jp@faron.UUCP (Jeffrey Picciotto)
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: H-less liquids
Message-ID: <666@faron.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 08:55:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 14 08:55:57 1986
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Summary: glass is a fluid

In article <17@wjh12.HARVARD.EDU> lotto@wjh12.UUCP (Jerry Lotto) writes:
>
>Glass - an amorphous solid. The definition of a fluid is a substance which
>	has no definite shape or form, such as a gas or a liquid. If you
>	think glass belongs in that category, try walking through a pane
>	or two.

Actually glass is a fluid (though not a liquid).  The issue (in the case
of glass) is wether or not it is crystalline.  It is not.   Being in a
"rigid condition" does not preclude being a fluid.  

--jeff
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