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Glass and Glass-Ceramics

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The classic definition of glass is based on the historical method of formation: This is a very unusual way of defining any material. The result is that glass is now defined in several different ways.

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  1. Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, USA

    C. Barry Carter

  2. School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA

    M. Grant Norton

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Carter, C.B., Norton, M.G. (2013). Glass and Glass-Ceramics. In: Ceramic Materials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3523-5_21

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