Talk:Crystal

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Amorphous solids can be considered liquids that flow but very slowly

Isn't this an urban legend? see [1] (http://www.ualberta.ca/~bderksen/antique)

Not sure about the description of liquid crystals -- can anyone verify ? I was under the impression that a liquid crystal was a material which undergoes an ordering transition upon the application of an electrical field -- i.e. switches between crystal and amorphous easily with a external stimulus. -- Olof