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It is shown that the structural characteristics of quartz glasses make it possible to use the Herring model to describe their viscous flow, while the nonuniform distribution of impurities explains the known regularities in the dependence of the coefficient of viscosity on their content.
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Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 2, pp. 11–13, February, 2008.
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Samoteikin, V.V. Application of the Herring model to explain the impurity content dependence of the viscosity of quartz glasses. Glass Ceram 65, 41–43 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-008-9007-4
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