> 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

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ChrisMarshallNY 20 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.

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breakyerself 20 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.

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zip77 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Source?

	▲	breakyerself 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is where I learned about it. Veritasium video https://youtu.be/ksn5yrsC3Wg?is=GIaOMC0Jqg7qptlC
	▲	molticrystal 19 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