Nature Communications (May 2021)

Structure and nature of ice XIX

  • Christoph G. Salzmann,
  • John S. Loveday,
  • Alexander Rosu-Finsen,
  • Craig L. Bull

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23399-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Water’s phase diagram exhibits several hydrogen-disordered phases which become ordered upon cooling, but the behavior of ice VI is still debated. The authors, using high-pressure neutron diffraction, identify structural distortions that transform ice VI into ice XIX, here identified as a hydrogen disordered phase.