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Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 1312–1314 (1984)

New High-Pressure Phase of H2O: Ice X

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A. Polian
Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Très Condensés, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75230 Paris Cedex 05, France

M. Grimsditch
Materials Science and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

Received 7 October 1983; published in the issue dated 9 April 1984

H2O at 300 K has been studied up to 67 GPa by Brillouin scattering. A transition to a new form of ice occurs at 44 GPa. This is the tenth known solid form of H2O and may be the expected "symmetric-ice" structure.

© 1984 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1312
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1312
PACS:
62.50.+p, 64.30.+t, 78.35.+c