Copy of: Division of the supercritical fluid state into liquid- and gas-like states in CH4

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In recent years, the long-standing belief that beyond the critical point, matter exhibits no clear transition between liquid-like and gas-like states has been questioned. A line on the phase diagram, the Frenkel line, has been proposed which does separate matter into liquid-like and gas-like states beyond the critical point. However, a direct experimental proof of the existence of the Frenkel line has proved elusive.If the Frenkel line does exist, the consequences are wide-ranging; from our understanding of thermodynamics, to use of supercritical fluids in the food, chemical and power industries, to our understanding of the interiors of gas-giant planets.We propose neutron diffraction experiments on fluid methane to elucidate whether or not the Frenkel line exists, building on the tentative evidence provided by our Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction experiments.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.92968602
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/92968602
Provenance
Creator Dr Clemens Prescher; Dr Silvia Imberti; Dr Ciprian Pruteanu; Dr Dean Smith; Dr John Proctor; Dr John Loveday
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-05-10T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-06-01T07:44:10Z