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Metastable states in steel water and glass explored
The piece surveys how tempered steel, unfreezing water, tin, and glass show metastability. It cites Prof James Walton on suspended change and notes how cooling, heating, and mechanical disturbance trigger rapid transformations, with steel retaining hardness after tempering and glass slowly crystallizing under heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Walton, Jr
Wisconsin University
Walton
Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal