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freezing so fast the water forgets how to become ice.
means cooling a liquid so quickly that it solidifies into a glassy, disordered state instead of forming crystals.
from from latin vitrum, glass — the same root as vitreous, because the process turns liquids into something structurally glass-like rather than crystalline.
speed requiredoften thousands of degrees celsius per second
organ preservationlets kidneys skip ice-crystal damage entirely
nuclear wastetrapped in glass logs for burial
embryo survivalboosted ivf success rates dramatically since 1980s
for instance
cryonics bodies — alcor vitrifies patients in liquid nitrogen at -196c
embryo cryopreservation — ivf clinics vitrify embryos in under a second
nuclear waste glass — hanford site vitrifies radioactive sludge into borosilicate logs
volcanic obsidian — lava vitrifies instantly on contact with cold water