💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Glass transition"
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| Word | Definition |
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| vitrificationnoun | (usually uncountable) Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive. |
| glassformernoun | (physics, chemistry) Any substance whose liquid state fails to crystallize upon cooling, but forms a glass. |
| glassificationnoun | Conversion into a glass. |
| amorphizationnoun | The conversion of a crystalline material into an amorphous one. |
| vitrifactionnoun | Alternative form of vitrification. [(usually uncountable) Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive.] |
| transition pointnoun | The temperature at which a substance changes from one state of matter to another, or from one solid phase to another. |
| meltnoun | Molten material, the product of melting. |
| devitrificationnoun | The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state. |
| anaclastic glassnoun | A glass or phial, shaped like an inverted funnel, with a very thin convex bottom that can be made concave or convex by sucking out or blowing in air, used to demonstrate the malleability of glass. |
| float glassnoun | Glass in the form of flat sheets, made by floating molten glass on the surface of molten metal; currently the main method of producing window glass. |
| chain-melted statenoun | A state of matter, similar to phase transition states between liquid and solid, that is both liquid and solid. The phase is found in some matter which can exist in crystalline states, where portions are melted liquid while other portions are frozen solid crystal, in a distinct manner. |
| change of statenoun | (physical chemistry) Any change of a substance from one physical state (solid, liquid or gas) to another. |
| softeningnoun | The process of making something soft. |
| annealingnoun | The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress. |
| glass blowingnoun | Alternative form of glassblowing. [The art of making objects from molten glass, especially by manipulating a lump of molten glass on the end of a tube whilst blowing into it.] |
| glazingnoun | The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material. |
| meltingnoun | The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point. |
| thixotropynoun | (medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand. |
| gelatinationnoun | conversion into gelatin or jelly-like substance |
| fluxnoun | A state of ongoing change. |
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