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Scientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2000°C

• vitiral 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago
      There'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 6d ago
        Source?
        • breakyerself 5d ago
          This is where I learned about it. Veritasium video https://youtu.be/ksn5yrsC3Wg?is=GIaOMC0Jqg7qptlC https://youtu.be/ksn5yrsC3Wg?is=GIaOMC0Jqg7qptlC
        • molticrystal 6d ago
          https://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 6d ago
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine#Real-life_analogues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine#Real-life_analogues