What really governs porosity in Amorphous Solid Water (ASW)?

DOI

This experiment will establish the structural changes that occur in Amorphous Solid Water (ASW), a porous material that can be formed by vapour-depositing water onto a cold plate. We will study the temperature and temporal evolution of this metastable condensed-matter material, particularly in an astrophysical context, looking at how the pores within the ice change size, shape and spacing, depending on the temperature. The experiment exploits the unique Q-range capabilities of NIMROD, capable of determining both the micro- and meso-scale structure of samples concurrently. The results will be of importance in understanding the properties of ASW, the most commonly encountered form of water in the universe, and how the ice structure at low temperatures impacts on the chemistry and physics that can be occurring during planet and star formation.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.79111201
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/79111201
Provenance
Creator Dr Tristan Youngs; Dr Daniel Bowron; Dr Tom Headen; Dr Sergio Ioppolo; Mr Olivier Auriacombe; Dr Sabrina Gaertner; Professor Thomas Loerting; Dr Helen Fraser
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2019
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-04-18T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-04-25T08:00:00Z