Physics:Ice X

Short description: Alternative state of water ice

Ice X, within physical chemistry, is a cubic crystalline form of ice formed in the same manner as ice VII, but at pressures as high as about 70 GPa. It has symmetrized hydrogen bonds, where a hydrogen atom is found at the center of two oxygen atoms.

See also

• Ice for other crystalline form of ice

References

• Chaplin, Martin (2007-10-26). "Ice-seven and ice-ten structures". Water Structure and Science. http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/ice_vii.html. Retrieved 2008-01-02.