2. Structural organization of container glass

2.1 Structure

Glass belongs to the family of non-crystalline solids, which includes two sub-families: amorphous solids and glasses. Glass is obtained by cooling a supercooled liquid mixture, which acquires the structure of a solid during this temperature reduction, without displaying the ordered characteristics specific to the crystalline state.

In other words, because cooling is rapid and deep, i.e. at a low temperature (by comparison with the melting temperature), the liquid mixture reaches a thermal zone where it is in a state of supercooling.