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Offline Saionji

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« on: August 15, 2010, 09:42:34 PM »
Can caramel sucrose not be considered a glassy material, because it has crystalline structure and is an organic compound? Only inorganic amorphous silicates can be glassy material?

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Re: silicates
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2010, 02:23:55 AM »
I am not sure if it has to be silicate. There are metallic glasses.
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