Every window is a liquid caught mid-freeze, its atoms locked in beautiful chaos. Follow @HowItForms for more hidden science.
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Every window is a liquid caught mid-freeze, its atoms locked in beautiful chaos. Glass forms when molten material cools so rapidly that atoms cannot arrange into a crystalline structure, instead becoming frozen in the disordered state characteristic of a liquid. This unique property distinguishes glass from typical solids and explains many of its distinctive qualities. For more hidden science, readers can follow @HowItForms.
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