冲击压缩超离子水冰的纳秒X射线衍射
Marius Millot1, Federica Coppari2, J Ryan Rygg3,4
1Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA. millot1@llnl.gov.
Nature
|May 10, 2019
概括
研究人员在极端压力和温度下创造了一个新的超离子冰阶段, 这一发现为超离子水冰的晶体结构提供了第一个直接的实验证据.
科学领域:
- 凝聚物质物理
- 材料科学
- 高压物理
背景情况:
- 水 (H2O) 呈现复杂的多态性,有十七种以上的晶体和几种无形的冰结构.
- 预计极端压力 (>100 GPa) 和温度 (>2,000 K) 会在H2O中诱导超离子行为,其中质子通过固体氧格子扩散.
- 这种超离子状态的特点是高离子导电性,高温度和新的氧格子结构.
研究的目的:
- 在极端条件下实验研究超离子水冰的形成和结构.
- 为预测水冰的超离子阶段提供直接证据.
- 在千兆帕克压力和千克尔文温度下描述水冰的相变化和压缩性.
主要方法:
- 使用激光驱动的冲击波将液体水样压缩和加热到100-400GPa和2000-3000K.
- 现场X射线衍射测量对冲击样本进行,以确定冰结构.
- 对光模式的分析确定了晶体氧格子和相变.
主要成果:
- 水在极端条件下迅速凝固成纳米大小的冰粒.
- 获得了超离子水冰晶体氧格的明确证据.
- 观察到从以身体为中心的立方相 (可能是冰X) 到以面部为中心的超离子相 (冰XVIII) 的相变.
- 冰在这些极端条件下的可压缩性已被证实.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了第一个直接的实验证据,证明了超离子水冰的存在和晶体结构 (冰XVIII).
- 这些发现证实了在极端压力和温度下水中超离子行为的理论预测.
- 这项研究为了解行星内部以及物质在极端条件下的行为开辟了新的途径.
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