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Scientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2000°C(sciencealert.com)
18 points by jnord 20 hours ago | 7 comments
vitiral 20 hours ago | parent [-]

> 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 19 hours ago | parent [-]

> 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.

breakyerself 19 hours ago | parent [-]

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 18 hours ago | parent [-]

Source?

breakyerself 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is where I learned about it. Veritasium video

https://youtu.be/ksn5yrsC3Wg?is=GIaOMC0Jqg7qptlC

molticrystal 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine#Real-life_analogues