Determining the melting temperature and electrical conductivity of ammonia under the internal conditions of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune is helping us to understand the structure and magnetic field formation of these planets.
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Ohta, K. Ammonia and the ice giants. Nat. Phys. 19, 1227–1228 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02081-9
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