M2 Viscosity: Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann (VFT) Law

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The central equation that distinguishes glass from a crystalline solid: viscosity diverges at a finite temperature T_0 (not at T=0 as in a pure Arrhenius), reflecting the collapse of the free volume of E3.

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