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|    Mikkel Haaheim to All    |
|    Re: Really long-lasting tech    |
|    18 Jun 16 03:41:01    |
      From: mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com              Le samedi 18 juin 2016 08:44:40 UTC+2, nu...@bid.nes a écrit :              >        > Also, it depends on what you want it to do after a very long time. AFAIK       we're pretty sure glass isn't a liquid              This has been debated over a very long time. At best, it is an amorphic solid.       However, solids are typically defined by their molecules being locked into       place. Unlike other amorphic solids, the molecular bonds of glass will break       and reform. For this        reason, at least the vast majority of glazers define glass as a (highly       viscuous) liquid, because over a span of decades, the glass will measurably       flow (either in the direction of gravity, or toward its own center of       gravity). As I understand it, there        is a growing trend to treat glass as a independent "fifth" phase of matter. I       am unaware of any chemists who actually work with glass who consider glass a       soild.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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