Speed of Decompression Key to Observing Low-Density Liquid Water (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Speed of Decompression Key to Observing Low-Density Liquid Water

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An illustration shows how rapid decompression is the key to observing low-density liquid water. Low density water mediates the rapid decompression transition from ice-VIII to ice Ic.

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Image is courtesy of Chuanlong Lin and Guoyin Shen.

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