Fortes, AD;
Wood, IG;
Vocadlo, L;
Knight, KS;
Marshall, WG;
Tucker, MG;
Fernandez-Alonso, F;
(2009)
Phase behaviour and thermoelastic properties of perdeuterated ammonia hydrate and ice polymorphs from 0 to 2 GPa.
Journal of Applied Crystallography
, 42
(5)
pp. 846-866.
10.1107/S0021889809027897.
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Abstract
The results are described of a series of neutron powder diffraction experiments over the pressure and temperature ranges 0 < P < 2 GPa, 150 < T < 240 K, which were carried out with the objective of determining the phase behaviour and thermoelastic properties of perdeuterated ammonia dihydrate (ND3 center dot 2D(2)O). In addition to the low-pressure cubic crystalline phase, ADHI, two closely related monoclinic polymorphs of ammonia dihydrate have been identified, which commonly occur as a composite in the range 450-550 MPa at 175 K; these are labelled ADH IIa and IIb, and each has unit-cell volume V similar or equal to 310 angstrom(3) and number of formula units per unit cell Z = 4. It has been determined that this composite dissociates to a mixture of ammonia monohydrate (ND3 center dot D2O) phase II ( AMH II) and ice II when warmed to similar to 190 K at 550 MPa, which in turn partially melts to ice II + liquid at T = 196 K; AMH II has a large orthorhombic unit cell (V similar or equal to 890 angstrom(3), Z = 16). Above 600 MPa, an orthorhombic polymorph of ammonia dihydrate ( with V similar or equal to 530 angstrom(3), Z = 8), which has been referred to previously as ADH IV, persists to pressures greater than 2 GPa and appears to be the liquidus phase over this whole pressure range. This phase has been observed co-existing with ice II, ice VI and AMH II. The most plausible synthesis of the high-pressure phase behaviour is described here. This model explains the reported observations, and provides measurements of the densities, thermal expansion, bulk moduli and crystal growth kinetics of the high-pressure ammonia dihydrate, ammonia monohydrate and ice polymorphs.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Phase behaviour and thermoelastic properties of perdeuterated ammonia hydrate and ice polymorphs from 0 to 2 GPa |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1107/S0021889809027897 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889809027897 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION, EQUATION-OF-STATE, THERMAL-EXPANSION, WATER SYSTEM, BRILLOUIN SPECTROSCOPY, ELASTIC-CONSTANTS, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, D2O ICE, X-RAY, PLANETOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/114386 |
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