Assertion: glass | /r/AtLocation | metastable state
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: structurally
type: MANNER
value: with respect to its crystalline form
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Generally, a glass exists in a structurally metastable state with respect to its crystalline form, although in certain circumstances, for example in atactic polymers, there is no crystalline analogue of the amorphous phase.