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These structures can be modified with alkali oxides, in particular potassium oxide, which serve to increase or decrease the average number of structure-connecting bonds in the liquid. Previous studies have indicated that average number of structure-connecting bonds is related to the temperature-dependent viscoelastic properties of glass-forming liquids. I report here the results of a study in which we used photon correlation spectroscopy to determine if the average number of structure-connecting bonds is related to the temperature-dependent viscoelastic properties of potassium borate glass.","abstract_html":"Liquids cooled at a sufficiently fast rate can become supercooled and later solidify in a process known as vitrification, or the glass transition. It is commonly believed that intermolecular bonds are responsible for the vitrification of glass-forming liquids. 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