This episode of Reactions dives into something truly out-of-this-world: amorphous ice. While ice here on Earth is typically regular and crystalline, ice out in space is a whole lot more interesting. The amorphous ice found on distant moons and comets can tell us about the history of our solar system and shed light on how to make new electronics. It’s also, literally, cool.
Sources:
- Theory of amorphous ices
- The Refractive Index of Amorphous and Crystalline Water Ice in the UV–vis
- Glass
- Studies of ‘amorphous ice’ reveal hidden order in glass
- Medium-density amorphous ice:
- Evidence for Icosahedral Clusters
- Amorphous Ice and Glassy Water
- Shaking Ordinary Ice (Very Hard) Transformed It Into Something Never Seen Before
- Electron Beam-Induced Transformation in High-Density Amorphous Ices
- The Phase of Water Ice Which Forms in Cold Clouds in the Mesospheres of Mars, Venus, and Earth
- Goddard Lab Works at Extreme Edge of Cosmic Ice
- Dione’s Wispy Terrain: A Cryovolcanic Story?
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