Water’s new trick is freezing at room temperature
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Scientists discovered a new form of ice called ice XXI that forms at room temperature (25°C) when water is compressed to 20,000 times atmospheric pressure using diamond anvils and ultra-fast X-ray imaging. This breakthrough reveals that water can freeze through five different pathways under extreme conditions, with ice XXI being a dense, temporary crystal structure that challenges our understanding of how water behaves under pressure.
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