Glass is called Supercooled Liquid Give reason

Glass is called supercooled liquid. Give reason

Answer

Glass is an elastic, corrosive, resistant, and solid substance. 

• It has good thermal conductivity.

• It acts as a good insulator.

• Glass has high viscosity in the form of liquid.

Glass is a non-crystalline, inorganic solid material with a transparent appearance. It is manufactured by combining sodium carbonate, silica, and calcium carbonate. Glass can withstand high temperatures and has good durability.

Glass is an amorphous solid that indicates a glass transition when heated in the liquid state. Glass is also referred to as a supercooled liquid because it is an amorphous solid. The main property of amorphous solids is that they tend to flow slowly from solid to liquid. Thus, it does not form any crystalline structure and is called a supercooled liquid.

While melting, the cooling of Glass is adequately rapid and prevents crystallisation. Instead, the supercooled liquid’s disordered atomic configuration is frozen into a solid state. Thus, the transformation to form a glass while melting is known as the glass-forming ability.