The Kinetic Rate of Micro-pore Collapse in Amorphous Solid Water

DOI

This experiment will determine the rate at which pore collapse occurs in (compact) Amoprhous Solid Water (ASW), determining the size and shape changes involved in the pore collapse, and generating an empirical rate equation which can subsequently be applied to understanding the temperature and temporal evolution of this metastable condensed-matter material, particularly in an astrophysical context. 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 pore collapse impacts on the chemistry and physics that can be occurring during planet and star formation.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.49919164
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/49919164
Provenance
Creator Miss Catherine Hill; Professor John Finney; Mr Pavel Elkind; Dr Daniel Bowron; Professor Thomas Loerting; Dr Tristan Youngs; Dr Helen Fraser; Mr Christian Mitterdorfer; Miss Natalia Pascual; Mr Olivier Auriacombe
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2017
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 2014-06-05T23:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2014-06-10T23:00:00Z