Nanosecond Freezing of Water at High Pressures: Nucleation and Growth near the Metastability Limit

Myint, Philip C.; Chernov, Alexander A.; Sadigh, Babak; Benedict, Lorin X.; Hall, Burl M.; Hamel, Sebastien; Belof, Jonathan L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.155701

Title: Nanosecond Freezing of Water at High Pressures: Nucleation and Growth near the Metastability Limit

Journal Article · Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.155701· OSTI ID:1477944

Myint, Philip C. ^[1]; Chernov, Alexander A. ^[1]; Sadigh, Babak ^[1]; Benedict, Lorin X. ^[1]; Hall, Burl M. ^[1]; Hamel, Sebastien ^[1]; Belof, Jonathan L. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

The fundamental study of phase transition kinetics has motivated experimental methods toward achieving the largest degree of undercooling possible, more recently culminating in the technique of rapid, quasi-isentropic compression. This approach has been demonstrated to freeze water into the high-pressure ice VII phase on nanosecond timescales, with some experiments undergoing heterogeneous nucleation while others, in apparent contradiction, suggest a homogeneous nucleation mode. We show through a combination of theory, simulation, and analysis of experiments that these seemingly contradictory results are in agreement when viewed from the perspective of classical nucleation theory. We find that, perhaps surprisingly, classical nucleation theory is capable of accurately predicting the solidification kinetics of ice VII formation under an extremely high driving force ( $| Δ μ / k_{B} T | \approx 1$ ) but only if amended by two important considerations: (i) transient nucleation and (ii) separate liquid and solid temperatures. Finally, this is the first demonstration of a model that is able to reproduce the experimentally observed rapid freezing kinetics.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1477944

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1477545

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-749524; 934727

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 15; ISSN 0031-9007

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