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Application of Isoconversional Methods for the Processes Occurring in Glassy and Amorphous Materials

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An attribute of amorphous/glassy state is that it is a solid state in which the atoms or molecules are not arranged in any long-range regular order. A glass is traditionally understood as the product obtained from a melted material that has been cooled at a sufficiently high cooling rate to obtain a rigid material without crystallization. The term amorphous is more general and encompasses not only the glasses but also non-crystalline substances prepared by other routes such as precipitation from solution, etc. Most solid materials can be prepared in the glassy/amorphous state, so that many branches of science are touched with the problem of amorphous-state properties, such as glass science, polymer science, metallurgy, biology, pharmaceutical science, and many other scientific disciplines.

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Šimon, P., Thomas, P.S. (2012). Application of Isoconversional Methods for the Processes Occurring in Glassy and Amorphous Materials. In: Šesták, J., Šimon, P. (eds) Thermal analysis of Micro, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials. Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3150-1_11

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