What makes a glass different from a soild such as quartz ?Under what conditons could quartz be converted into glass ?

What makes a glass different from a soild such as quartz ?Under what c

1.	What makes a glass different from a soild such as quartz ?Under what conditons could quartz be converted into glass ?
Answer» SOLUTION :Glass is an AMORPHOUS solid in which the constituent particels `(SiO_(4)` tetrahdral) have only a short RANGE order and there is no long range order. In quartz, the constituent particles ` (SiO_(4)`tetrahdra) have short rangeas will as long range order. on melting quartz and then COOLING i repidly , it is converted into glass.