Unlike steel or other materials, glass does not deform or otherwise give advance warning of failure.

不像钢铁或者其它材料一样，玻璃不会变形或者给出其它什么形式的失效预兆。

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Despite its refined appearance the building is highly functional and decorative through its expressed steel structure and simple palette of materials: glass, steel and timber.

尽管建筑有精致的外观，通过其表达的钢结构和简单的玻璃，钢和木材的材料搭配，仍显示了建筑的高度功能性和装饰性。

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This is because glass has the hardness of crystal materials while also having a disordered arrangement of molecules like a liquid.

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The 52-year-old uses miniature pieces of glass, stone and other materials to create intricately detailed mosaics that he hopes will inspire both the public and other artists.

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Depositing the CIGS materials evenly on glass or metal foil is a lot harder than it sounds, and figuring out a way to mass produce thin films is another big challenge.

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The company has tweaked the chemical and atomic composition of the raw materials of the glass, which in turn has increased its density -- making it much more scratch and dent resistant than last years model.

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Apple may likewise be going all old-school iPhone on us, with a modern twist: we could be reverting to an aluminum back with more receptive materials (likely glass) at the ends, just in a much thinner form that keeps the steel antenna band.

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