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In the present introduction, an overview on the main topics and the content of the different chapters of the book is given. It is devoted generally to the description of glasses. However, in contrast to most other monographs, in the present book not the specific properties of various vitreous materials are studied in detail but the attempt is made to point out the main fundamental properties and features which are common to all glasses independent of the substance they are formed from and the way they are produced. Hereby particular attention is directed to the specification of the thermodynamic nature of any glass independent of its composition or any other specific properties. Special glasses or technologies connected with their production are discussed as well but only as far as it is desirable as an illustration of general statements or conclusions.
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Pye, L.D., O’Keefe, J.A., Frechette, V.D. (eds.): Natural Glasses. North-Holland Physics Publishing, Amsterdam (1984)
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Gutzow, I.S., Schmelzer, J.W.P. (2013). Introduction. In: The Vitreous State. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34633-0_1
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