Question

Which is the better word to describe glass: amorphous or vitreous? Explain.

Answer 1

Glass is amorphous not vitreous.Glass can be painted with vitreous enamels bit itself glass is amorphous.Amorphous materials are prepared by rapidly cooling molten material, the cooling reduces the mobility of molecules before they form a more thermodynamically favourable crystalline state.

Amorphous materials can also be produced by adding additives. For example, soda to silicon di oxide results in glass where glycol's to water results vitrified solid.

I think this is sufficient.