Ice Ic without stacking disorder by evacuating hydrogen from hydrogen hydrate

Kazuki Komatsu; Shinichi Machida; Fumiya Noritake; Takanori Hattori; Asami Sano-Furukawa; Ryo Yamane; Keishiro Yamashita; Hiroyuki Kagi

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14346-5

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Ice Ic without stacking disorder by evacuating hydrogen from hydrogen hydrate

Kazuki Komatsu,
Shinichi Machida,
Fumiya Noritake,
Takanori Hattori,
Asami Sano-Furukawa,
Ryo Yamane,
Keishiro Yamashita,
Hiroyuki Kagi

Affiliations

Kazuki Komatsu: Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Shinichi Machida: Neutron Science and Technology Center, CROSS
Fumiya Noritake: Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi
Takanori Hattori: J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Asami Sano-Furukawa: J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Ryo Yamane: Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Keishiro Yamashita: Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Kagi: Geochemical Research Center, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14346-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Metastable cubic ice has been identified in several conditions relevant to geo and astrochemistry, but was always characterized by stacking disorder. Here the authors synthesize a hydrogen hydrate and degas hydrogen, obtaining pure non-defected cubic ice, observed by X-ray and neutron diffraction.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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