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2. How can glass be a liquid if it's so hard?

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Answer:

It's a liquid state before its cooled.

2. How can glass be a liquid if it's so hard?-example-1
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Glass is not a liquid in the strictest sense of the word. But it is also not a standard solid. The chemistry of glass is complex and research is ongoing, but the current consensus is that glass is a phase of matter all its own, known as an "amorphous solid". Scientists refer to any amorphous solid as a "glass". Glass transitions are highly complex and cannot be treated in the same way as traditional phase transitions.

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