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Re:Project Habbakuk: Britain's Ice "Bergship" Aircraft Carri... by kjellsbells on Monday April 29, 2024 @12:59PM (#40200976)
Can you expand on this comment in the context of ice/water? It implies ice changes behavior at about 140K, but that isnt close to a phase change boundary, so what would you expect to be seeing here?
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Re:Project Habbakuk: Britain's Ice "Bergship" Aircraft Carri... by denotational on Monday April 29, 2024 @01:35PM (#40201425)
The glass transition temperature of amorphous ice is approximately 140 K.
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Re:Project Habbakuk: Britain's Ice "Bergship" Aircraft Carri... by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday April 29, 2024 @01:09PM (#40201124)
At a guess, movement like that seen in glaciers and ice sheets?
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Re:Project Habbakuk: Britain's Ice "Bergship" Aircraft Carri... by pfdietz on Monday April 29, 2024 @03:03PM (#40202526)
That's right -- plastic deformation under stress.
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