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  1. A substance produced from metallic materials
  2. (non-corrosive alloys rather than simple
  3. metals) in a liquid state which, by very
  4. rapid cooling, are prevented from reverting
  5. to their regular metallic structure. Instead
  6. they take on the properties of glass, while
  7. retaining the metallic properties of
  8. malleability and relatively good electrical
  9. conductivity.
  10.