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		kjellsbells on April 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Project Habbakuk: Britain’s ice “bergship” aircraf... 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?

denotational on April 29, 2024 | [–]

The glass transition temperature of amorphous ice is approximately 140 K.

SideburnsOfDoom on April 29, 2024 | | [–]

At a guess, movement like that seen in glaciers and ice sheets?

pfdietz on April 29, 2024 | | [–]

That's right -- plastic deformation under stress.

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