Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Experimental evidence for the existence of a second partially-ordered phase of ice VI

  • Ryo Yamane,
  • Kazuki Komatsu,
  • Jun Gouchi,
  • Yoshiya Uwatoko,
  • Shinichi Machida,
  • Takanori Hattori,
  • Hayate Ito,
  • Hiroyuki Kagi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21351-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Water ice exhibits several hydrogen-ordered and disordered phases and it’s unclear if a disordered phase can transform into only one ordered phase. Here, the authors identify a partially hydrogen-ordered phase at high pressure, ice XIX, as the second hydrogen-ordered phase of ice VI beside ice XV.