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The vitrification of pure liquid water by projecting a thin jet of liquid water at high speed into a liquid cryomedium is reported. The influence of the experimental parameters on the cooling rate and the devitrification of the jet-frozen vitrified material have been investigated. A structural difference between vitrified liquid water and amorphous solid water prepared from the vapour phase is inferred from a comparison of the X-ray diffraction patterns.
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Mayer, E., Brüggeller, P. Vitrification of pure liquid water by high pressure jet freezing. Nature 298, 715–718 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/298715a0
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