Why does glass only soften at high temperatures not melt?

Answer 1

Well im not a technical scientist, and people might disagree, but glass is made of millions and millions of tiny molecules made up of milions and milions of atoms, we should all know that the hotter a molecule gets the more it moves about, millions of these do this, and this causes shape deformaties, especially in weak materials such as plastic and metal.... glass is made of lots of differents molecules so the heat makes them move very quickly into a liquid, but it has a lot higher boiling temp than for example water which is 100 D C

Answer 2

it does melt actually if you put it on a fire it would melt into a sort of burning hot clear liquid but only if it was in a fire long enough answer by chloe it does melt actually if you put it on a fire it would melt into a sort of burning hot clear liquid but only if it was in a fire long enough answer by chloe it does melt actually if you put it on a fire it would melt into a sort of burning hot clear liquid but only if it was in a fire long enough answer by chloe it does melt actually if you put it on a fire it would melt into a sort of burning hot clear liquid but only if it was in a fire long enough answer by chloe

Answer 3

Yes, it is a non-crystalline solid. It has no fixed melting point. It just gets softer and softer as it gets hotter.

Answer 4

1. because the heat makes the glass warm so it wont break so basically the heat hardens it.

2. because glass is a state of matter.

Answer 5

all materials have some slight malleabilityor ductility. In practical terms, though, glass is not malleable.Generally speaking, metals and some polymers are malleable, while ceramics are not.

Answer 6

Glass is an almost frozen liquid