Abstract
IT has been found that in silicate and aluminosilicate glasses the vitreous network of linked groups of tetrahedrally arranged oxygen atoms responds to differences of composition by dilation or by contraction1,2. This effect is of especial interest in the case of natural glasses, where the water content varies greatly.
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Náray-Szabó, I., Acta Phys. Acad. Sci. Hung., 8, 37 (1957); 9, 151 (1958).
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LACY, E. Hydrated Glasses. Nature 183, 178–179 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183178b0
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