Configurational entropy and diffusivity of supercooled water

Article Abstract:

Research is presented concerning the testing of a thermodynamic approach for the production of liquid water. The dynamic anomalies of this approach and the diffusive dynamics of supercooled liquids are discussed.

Entropy (Information theory), Thermodynamics

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Phase behaviour of metastable water

Article Abstract:

The unusual properties of supercooled water may result from a recently detected critical point rather than from a re-entrant spinodal as required by the stability-limit conjecture. Computer simulations showed that low-temperature isotherms and other evidence indicate that supercooling causes water to pass through phase transitions after the critical point has been achieved. This new insight into how amorphous ice and liquid water react may yield a better understanding of the liquid state of matter in general.

Phase transformations (Statistical physics), Phase transitions (Physics)

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The relationship between liquid, supercooled and glassy water

Article Abstract:

Water has several peculiar physical properties, the most familiar of which is its expansion at below 4 deg C. However, liquid water's properties become more mysterious in the supercooled region below 0 deg C. A new study reviews experimental and theoretical advances towards a fuller understanding of water's physical properties, the key to which may lie in its capability of existing in two distinct glassy forms: high and low density amorphous ice.

Amorphous substances, Amorphous materials

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