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Tridymite-like Structure in Silica Glass

Nature Physical Science volume 236, pages 92–94 (1972)Cite this article

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THE nature of the atomic arrangements in glassy solids has been described in several ways. In one model1, a portion of the material is pictured as being composed of small regions of crystalline-like order bonded together in essentially random orientations. In another model2, the material is depicted as a random network in which only a few of the shortest interatomic distances correspond throughout the sample to those present in a crystalline phase. Both models picture the glass as a continuous network and differ only in the degree of local atomic ordering.

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KONNERT, J., KARLE, J. Tridymite-like Structure in Silica Glass. Nature Physical Science 236, 92–94 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci236092a0

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