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

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Comment by vitiral 6 hours 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

Comment by ChrisMarshallNY 6 hours 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

It actually scared me more than Stephen King's stuff, back then.

Comment by breakyerself 6 hours 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.

Comment by zip77 5 hours ago

Source?

Comment by molticrystal 5 hours ago

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.