Home
Class 11
CHEMISTRY
Why is glass considered a supercooled li...

Why is glass considered a supercooled liquid?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Glass is an amorphous solid Like liquids, it has a tendency to flow, though very slowly. The proof of this fact is that the glass panes in the windows or doors of old buildings are invariably found to be slightly thicker at the bottom that at the top. This is evidently due to the reason that glass flows down very slowly and makes the bottom portion slightly thicker
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • STATES OF MATTER: SOLID MATTER

    PRADEEP|Exercise NCERT (EXERCISE)|1 Videos
  • STATES OF MATTER: SOLID MATTER

    PRADEEP|Exercise NCERT EXEMPLAR PROBLEMS (MULTIPLE CHOICE- I)|37 Videos
  • STATES OF MATTER: SOLID MATTER

    PRADEEP|Exercise CONCEPTUAL|25 Videos
  • STATES OF MATTER : GASES AND LIQUIDES

    PRADEEP|Exercise VIII. ASSERTION-REASON TYPE QUESTIONS (TYPE-II)|12 Videos
  • STRUCTURE OF ATOM

    PRADEEP|Exercise Competition Focus (JEE (Main and Advanced)/Medical Entrance (IX. Assertion And Reason Type Questions (Type II))|12 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Why amorphous solids are called as supercooled liquids?

How will you show that glass is super cooled liquid ?

Assertion: Glass panes fixed to windows or doors of old buildings are slightly thicker at the bottom than at the top . Reason: Glass is a pseudo solid or supercooled liquid

PRADEEP-STATES OF MATTER: SOLID MATTER-NCERT
  1. Why do solids have a definite volume?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Classify the following as amorphous or crystalline solids: polyurethan...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Why is glass considered a supercooled liquid?

    Text Solution

    |

  4. The refractive index of a solid is observed to have the same value alo...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Classify the following solids in different categories based on the nat...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Solid A is very hard electrical insulator in solid as well as in molte...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Ionic solids conduct electricity in the molten state but not is the so...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What type of solids are electrical conductors, malleable or ductile?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Give the significance of "lattice point."

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Name the parameters that characterized a unit cell.

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Distinguish between a. Hexagonal and monoclinic unit cells (b) Fac...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Explain how much portin of an atom located at (a) corner and (b) body ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. What is the two-dimensional coordination number of a molecule in squar...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A compound is formed hexagonal close-packed structure. What is the tot...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. A comound is formed by two elements M and N. The element N froms ccp a...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Which of the following lattices has the highest packing efficency (a) ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. An element with molar mass 2.7xx10^(-2) kg per mole forms a cubic uni...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. What type of defect can arise when a solid is heated? Which physica...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. What type of stoichiometric defect is shown by: (a) ZnS (b) AgBr

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Explain how vacancies are introduced in an ionic solid when a cation ...

    Text Solution

    |