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Originally Posted by krazygluon
Amorphous materials generally lack such a grain and left to their own over large periods of time, deform considerably. (ever see really old glass windows)
This is true but then that begs the question of what the creep rate of those liquid metals are like. I mean, even normal metals exhibit creep.
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