Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2004-12-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, v2: changes made in response to referees' comments, the justification for using certain ice phase
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.012201
The structure of very high-density amorphous (VHDA) ice has been modelled by positionally disordering three crystalline phases, namely ice IV, VI and XII. These phases were chosen because only they are stable or metastable in the region of the ice phase diagram where VHDA ice is formed, and their densities are comparable to that of VHDA ice. An excellent fit to the medium range of the experimentally observed pair-correlation function g(r) of VHDA ice was obtained by introducing disorder into the positions of the H2O molecules, as well as small amounts of molecular rotational disorder, disorder in the O--H bond lengths and disorder in the H--O--H bond angles. The low-k behaviour of the experimental structure factor, S(k), is also very well reproduced by this disordered-crystal model. The fraction of each phase present in the best-fit disordered model is very close to that observed in the probable crystallization products of VHDA ice. In particular, only negligible amounts of ice IV are predicted, in accordance with experimental observation.
Benmore C. J.
Christie J. K.
Elliott Steven R.
Guthrie M.
Klug Dennis D.
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