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Medium-density amorphous ice
February 14 , 2023
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- Scientists discovered a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other.
- The new form of ice is amorphous.
- In the ordinary crystalline ice, the molecules arrange themselves in a regular pattern.
- But in amorphous ice, the molecules are in a disorganized form that resembles a liquid.
- Though it is named as ice, its molecular structure is close to water.
- Amorphous means no clear state.
- It is neither water nor ice and hence amorphous ice.
- While warmed and then recrystallized, amorphous ice releases an extraordinary amount of heat.
- The heat energy released is very high that it may cause ice quakes.
- Ice quakes are common in planets like Saturn and Jupiter.
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