How would you expect a cooling curve for an amorphous solid through its glass transition to differ from that of freezing iron as shown in Figure 10-25?
What will be an ideal response?
The pronounced temperature increase of the surface of the material (which is
an iron and forms crystalline solid) is due to the heat of fusion or heat released
by the saturated liquid as it becomes a saturated solid. An amorphous solid
would not have this pronounced surface temperature increase but likely would
be a uniformly decreasing temperature during the cooling process.
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