
Richard Zallen
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LOCATION: Blacksburg, VA, United States
Professor Emeritus of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg. Author of The Physics of Amorphous Solids.
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Amorphous solid, any noncrystalline solid in which the atoms and molecules are not organized in a definite lattice pattern. Such solids include glass, plastic, and gel. Solids and liquids are both forms of condensed matter; both are composed of atoms in close proximity to each other. But their…
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