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Tangential, is "ice" ever used in chemistry or other fields to refer to solids other than water? Other than "dry ice," colloquially. Would you ever call solid o
by nkrisc 7y ago
Tangential, is "ice" ever used in chemistry or other fields to refer to solids other than water? Other than "dry ice," colloquially. Would you ever call solid oxygen, "oxygen ice"?
- onion2k 7y agoIt's a term used in planetary science too. Planetary scientists often classify volatiles with exceptionally low melting points, such as hydrogen and helium, as gases (as in gas giant), whereas those volatiles with melting points above about 100 K (–173 °C, –280 °F) are referred to as ices. The terms "gas" and "ice" in this context can apply to compounds that may be solids, liquids or gases. Thus, Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants, and Uranus and Neptune are ice giants, even though the vast majority of the "gas" and "ice" in their interiors is a hot, highly dense fluid that gets denser as the center of the planet is approached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatiles
- goodcanadian 7y agoI would say, yes, in astronomy, anyway. Titan has methane ice on the surface (as well as liquid and gaseous methane). The polar caps on Mars contain carbon dioxide ice as well as water ice.