Amorphization of ice near the melting point |
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Authors: | V M Silonov V V Chubarov |
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Institution: | 1. Physics Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Abstract: | In addition to reflections of the hexagonal phase of ice I h, the intense diffuse scattering of X-rays mainly due to the amorphization of ice is revealed on the X-ray diffraction patterns of water ice samples prepared at liquid nitrogen (studied by the authors earlier) and samples prepared at T = ?10°C (this work). The measurements are performed in the temperature range from ?25 to 0°C. The existence of reflections of the crystalline phase and intense diffuse scattering on the X-ray diffraction patterns makes it possible make a conclusion about the coexistence of crystalline and amorphous structures of ice. Splitting of the first maximum on the electron-density radial distribution function is detected on the basis of an X-ray diffraction pattern recorded at T = ?3°C. This splitting is explained by an increase in the interatomic distances between the nearest-neighbor atoms located at different levels. Similar splitting was also detected on a radial distribution function constructed using an X-ray diffraction pattern recorded at ?10°C. |
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