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Scientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2000°C
- vitiral 16d ago> under preposterous pressures up to 2.3 million atmospheres, and tremendous temperatures up to 2,630 kelvins (2,357 degrees Celsius, or 4,274 degrees Fahrenheit). Whew, so not Ice-nine
- ChrisMarshallNY 16d ago> Whew, so not Ice-nine Ice 8.9? I don't see what the problem i**** For those that don't know, this is Ice Nine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine It actually scared me more than Stephen King's stuff, back then.
- breakyerself 16d agoThere's an AIDs drug that no longer exists because of an isomorph of the drug compound that formed and spread making it so the original compound couldn't be made anymore.
- zip77 16d agoSource?
- molticrystal 16d agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritonavir?useskin=vector#Polymorphism_and_temporary_market_withdrawal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritonavir?useskin=vector#Polym... When in solid form even the smallest amount can convert the whole batch to the much less effective version.
- cwillu 16d agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine#Real-life_analogues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine#Real-life_analogues
- breakyerself 15d agoThis is where I learned about it. Veritasium video https://youtu.be/ksn5yrsC3Wg?is=GIaOMC0Jqg7qptlC https://youtu.be/ksn5yrsC3Wg?is=GIaOMC0Jqg7qptlC