Superacids can turn carbon molecules into diamonds Sefa Kart/Alamy
Water may transform into a superacidic fluid under extreme heat and pressure. These conditions are found only in Earth鈥檚 interior, within icy planets like Uranus and Neptune 鈥 and possibly in controlled laboratory experiments.
鈥淯nder immense pressures and temperatures, water exhibits a remarkable property 鈥 it becomes an exceptionally potent acid, also known as a 鈥榮uperacid鈥, which can be billions or even trillions of times stronger than sulphuric acid,鈥 says at Sorbonne University in France.
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