1. Ice XV: a new thermodynamically stable phase of ice
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Salzmann, Christoph G., Radaelli, Paolo G., Mayer, Erwin, and Finney, John L.
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Condensed Matter - Materials Science ,Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter - Abstract
A new phase of ice, named ice XV, has been identified and its structure determined by neutron diffraction. Ice XV is the hydrogen-ordered counterpart of ice VI and is thermodynamically stable at temperatures below ~130 K in the 0.8 to 1.5 GPa pressure range. The regions of stability in the medium pressure range of the phase diagram have thus been finally mapped, with only hydrogen-ordered phases stable at 0 K. The ordered ice XV structure is antiferroelectric, in clear disagreement with recent theoretical calculations predicting ferroelectric ordering.
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- 2009
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