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Traditionally, a glass is defined as an undercooled liquid brought below a characteristic freezing temperature referred to as the glass transition temperature, Tg. The formation of glass requires that the process of crystallization be bypassed during cooling through the thermodynamic melting point Tm, and the undercooled temperature range to below Tg. The nucleation and growth of crystals in an undercooled melt involves atomic rearrangements which occur on a time scale τx (T, P. C. Y.) which depends on temperature T, pressure P, melt composition C, and possible other less conventional parameters collectively labeled Y. Very roughly, cooling through the undercooled region must take place on a time scale τC such that τC ≲ τX in order to achieve the glassy state. Detailed theories which lead to specific criteria have been put forth by Turnbull and others for the case of metallic liquids.(1)
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Johnson, W.L., Dolgin, B., Van Rossum, M. (1985). Glass Formation and Growth in Solids. In: Wright, A.F., Dupuy, J. (eds) Glass … Current Issues. NATO ASI Series, vol 92. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5107-5_13
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