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WE have carried out some preliminary experiments to find the current-voltage stress characteristics of soda-lime glass, this being taken as an example of an amorphous solid having the properties of an electrical insulator.
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TURNER, C., LEWIS, W. Electrical Conductivity in Insulating Amorphous Solids. Nature 159, 334–335 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159334a0
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