 The glass-liquid transition, or glass transition, is the gradual and reversible transition in amorphous materials or in amorphous regions within semi-crystalline materials from a hard and relatively brittle glassy state into a viscous or rubbery state as the temperature is increased.One anamorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition is called a glass. The reverse transition, achieved by supercooling a viscous liquid into the glass state, is called vitrification. The glass transition temperature Tg of a material characterizes the range of temperatures over which this glass transition occurs. It is always lower than the melting temperature, thusium, of the crystalline state of the material, if one exists. Liquid plastics like polystyrene and poly-methyl methacrylate are used well below their glass transition temperatures, i.e., when they are in their glassy state. Their Tg values are well above room temperature, both at around 100 degrees C-212 degrees F. Rubber elastomers like poly-e-suprime and poly-e-so butylene are used above their Tg. That is, in the rubbery state, where they are soft and flexible. Despite the change in the physical properties of a material through its glass transition, the transition is not considered a phase transition, rather it is a phenomenon extending over a range of temperature and defined by one of several conventions. Three for such conventions include a constant cooling rate 20 kV per minute, 36 degrees F-minutes 1 and a viscosity threshold of 1012 POS, among others. Upon cooling or heating through this glass transition range, the material also exhibits a smooth step in the thermal expansion coefficient and in the specific heat, with the location of these effects again being dependent on the history of the material.5 The question of whether some phase transition underlies the glass transition is a matter of continuing research.3 for a fix.