Glass transition

In the laboratory the glass transition is not a sharp transition; its properties change smoothly across $T_{g}$.

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Ideal glass transition temperature

See Ref 1.

Observation time

$\tau _{\rm {obs}}$

See also

• Kauzmann's paradox

References

1. C. A. Angell and J. C. Tucker "Heat capacities and fusion entropies of the tetrahydrates of calcium nitrate, cadmium nitrate, and magnesium acetate. Concordance of calorimetric and relaxational ideal glass transition temperatures", Journal of Physical Chemistry 78 pp. 278 - 281 (1974)
2. Prabhat K. Gupta and John C. Mauro "The laboratory glass transition", Journal of Chemical Physics 126 224504 (2007)