Question

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

Answer 1

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Answer -:

Quartz is three dimensional crystalline solids having regular arrangement of silicon and oxygen.

The ordinary glass which is metal silicate is amorphous solid. When quartz is melted and the melt is cooled rapidly, it forms a glass or amorphous solid.

Answer 2

Answer:

The arrangement of the constituent particles differentiates glass from quartz. The constituent particles in glass have a short-range order, but the constituent particles of quartz possess both short range and long range orders.

Quartz is converted into glass by heating it and then rapidly cooling it.