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VITREOUS substances have been characterized by wide-angle X-ray methods as random, three-dimensional networks possessing no long-range order. Some recent experiments at the lower limits of resolution of the electron microscope1 have cast doubt on the correctness of this description and suggest that there are regions of different amounts of order in many vitreous silicates.
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HOFFMAN, L., STATTON, W. Structure in Vitreous Silicates as shown by Low-angle Scattering of X-Rays. Nature 176, 561–562 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176561a0
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