The crystallographic structure of the natural air-hydrate in Greenland dye-3 deep ice core |
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Authors: | T. Hondoh H. Anzai A. Goto S. Mae A. Higashi C. C. Langway Jr. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, 060 Sapporo, Japan;(2) International Christian University, Mitaka Tokyo, Japan;(3) Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA |
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Abstract: | We have carried out X-ray diffraction studies on single crystals of natural air-hydrate in deep ice cores recovered at Dye-3 Greenland. Integrated intensities for 470 diffracting planes were measured by an automated four-circle diffractometer. The space group determined is cubicFd3m and the lattice constant is 17.21(3) Å. These results indicate that the crystallographic structure is the Stackelberg's structure II, in contrast to the previously anticipated structure. This finding agrees with the recent results on the synthetic air-hydrate by Davidsonet al. It was also found by difference Fourier synthesis for guest molecules that electron density in a 16-hedral cage has multiple maxima displaced from the center of the cage while that in the 12-hedron was approximately spherical.Dedicated to Dr D. W. Davidson in honor of his great contributions to the sciences of inclusion phenomena. |
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Keywords: | Air-hydrate clathrate ice core guest molecule |
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