I can now see that under the 36,000 atmosphere
pressure on water implicit in the PV^6 = constant
relation two molecules of oxygen dihydride
(aka H2O) undergo a phase change to one molecule
of oxygen trihydride and one molecule of oxygen
monohydride.
2[OH2] -> OH3 + OH
The diamond like OH3 tetrahedrons are the
SOLID PHASE in compression (positive strain
energy and the OH molecules are the FLUID PHASE
in balancing tension (negative strain energy).
In short water is full of what one might call
diamond ice.
But is there among the eleven known forms of
ice an ice which fits the bill.
Yes there is. It's ICE VIII
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/phase.html
http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/ice_viii.html
which has a density "of about 1.66 g cm-3"
and explains the anomalous density of
water. Also it is formed under a pressure
of 80 thousand atmospheres which is in the
same ball park as the PV^6 = a constant
relationship.
What one has to realise is that as one
goes down is size, one can get increasingly
large strain energy differentials, not only
in solids, but also in liquids.
The above oxygen hydride equation is just
one such example at a scale slightly larger
than the OH2 -> OH + H scale.
Anyway, Jones should be happy cos it looks
as though his ICE engine will be running
on ICE after all. 8-)
Cheers,
Frank Grimer
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