Crystallization growth rates and front propagation in amorphous solid water films

Smith, R. Scott; Yuan, Chunqing; Petrik, Nikolay G.; Kimmel, Greg A.; Kay, Bruce D.

doi:10.1063/1.5098481

Title: Crystallization growth rates and front propagation in amorphous solid water films

Journal Article · 07 June 2019 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5098481 · OSTI ID:1557269

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Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The growth rate of crystalline ice (CI) in amorphous solid water (ASW) films was investigated using reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy. Two different experiments were set up to measure rates of the crystallization front propagation from the underlying crystalline template upward and from the vacuum interface downward. In one set of experiments, layers of ASW (5% D₂O in H₂O) were grown on a CI template and capped with a decane layer. In isothermal experiments from 140 to 150 K, crystallization was observed from the onset (no induction time) and the extent of crystallization increased linearly with time. In a second set of experiments, uncapped ASW films without a CI template were studied. The films were created by placing a 100 ML isotopic layer (5% D₂O in H₂O) at various positions in a 1000 ML ASW (H₂O) film. The CI growth rates obtained from the two configurations (capped films with a CI template and uncapped films without a CI template) are in quantitative agreement. The results support the idea that for ASW films in a vacuum, a crystalline layer forms at the surface that then acts as a CI template for a growth front that moves downward into the film.

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Research Organization:: DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: KC0301051-16248

OSTI ID:: 1557269

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1524485

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 150, Issue 21; ISSN 0021-9606

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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