Reversible structural transformations in supercooled liquid water from 135 to 245 K

Kringle, Loni; Thornley, Wyatt A.; Kay, Bruce D.; Kimmel, Greg A.

doi:10.1126/science.abb7542

Reversible structural transformations in supercooled liquid water from 135 to 245 K

Journal Article · Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb7542· OSTI ID:1664458

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Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, USA.

A fundamental understanding of the unusual properties of water remains elusive because of the limited data at the temperatures and pressures needed to decide among competing theories. We investigated the structural transformations of transiently heated supercooled water films, which evolved for several nanoseconds per pulse during fast laser heating before quenching to 70 kelvin (K). Water’s structure relaxed from its initial configuration to a steady-state configuration before appreciable crystallization. Over the full temperature range investigated, all structural changes were reversible and reproducible by a linear combination of high- and low-temperature structural motifs. The fraction of the liquid with the high-temperature motif decreased rapidly as the temperature decreased from 245 to 190 K, consistent with the predictions of two-state “mixture” models for supercooled water in the supercritical regime.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI ID:: 1664458

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1673601

Journal Information:: Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6510 Vol. 369; ISSN 0036-8075

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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