Chemistry (including Biochemistry)/Water-9

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I caught the last 5min of Alias last night and heard mention of something called ice-5.  It reminded me of something I heard in a college class years ago about water-9.  This specific type? of water - if it actually existed - would turn all other water into a solid at room temp in some sort of fusion reation.  Am I imagining ever hearing this or is there such a theory?  Where can I learn more and/or what are the correct terms I should be using for a google search?

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All science fiction is my guess.  Sorry, I don't watch Alias.  You do google searches with what you know trying different terms.  It just takes practice.  Common words to add are history, chemistry, and definition is always a good one that will find lots of things.  Keep adding till you get down to less than 500 sites, add another word and see what happens.  I have had to try 20-30 combos until I hit on the best one.

With that, I never found anything on water-9.

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