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Glass is in the category which is considered a super cooled liquid. There is no crystaline structure to maintain it's shape.

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Q: Why does glass eventually get thicker toward the bottom?
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Why is a glass considered more of a liquid?

Cause it fills the container/space that its in-eventually. if you look at really old glass you will see that its thicker at the bottom than the top, and it will have little sort of ripples in it. but i mean seriously it takes forever.


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