Fig. 2: Ratio of the thermal expansion coefficients measured in the liquid and glass phases. | Nature Physics

Fig. 2: Ratio of the thermal expansion coefficients measured in the liquid and glass phases.

From: Thermal expansion and the glass transition

Fig. 2

Leaving the borate glasses aside, this ratio is essentially independent of the glass temperature and on the order of 3 for all systems (the horizontal dashed line indicates the average value of 2.6).

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