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What makes a glass different from a solid such as quartz? Under what conditions could quartz be converted into glass?

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Answer: arrangement of constituent particles makes glass diff. from quartz. Glass-short range order of particles.
Quartz-Long range of particles.

If quartz is heated and cooled rapidly it can be converted to glass.

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