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Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron laser-heating experiments

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  • R. J. Husband

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

  • H. P. Liermann

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

  • J. D. McHardy

    (The University of Edinburgh)

  • R. S. McWilliams

    (The University of Edinburgh)

  • A. F. Goncharov

    (Earth and Planets Laboratory)

  • V. B. Prakapenka

    (Center for Advanced Radiation Sources)

  • E. Edmund

    (Earth and Planets Laboratory)

  • S. Chariton

    (Center for Advanced Radiation Sources)

  • Z. Konôpková

    (European XFEL)

  • C. Strohm

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

  • C. Sanchez-Valle

    (Institut für Mineralogie, Corrensstraße 24)

  • M. Frost

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

  • L. Andriambariarijaona

    (Sorbonne Université)

  • K. Appel

    (European XFEL)

  • C. Baehtz

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400)

  • O. B. Ball

    (The University of Edinburgh)

  • R. Briggs

    (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

  • J. Buchen

    (University of Oxford
    Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30)

  • V. Cerantola

    (European XFEL
    University of Milano-Bicocca)

  • J. Choi

    (Yonsei University)

  • A. L. Coleman

    (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

  • H. Cynn

    (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

  • A. Dwivedi

    (European XFEL)

  • H. Graafsma

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

  • H. Hwang

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
    Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)

  • E. Koemets

    (University of Oxford
    Harwell Science and Innovation Campus)

  • T. Laurus

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

  • Y. Lee

    (Yonsei University)

  • X. Li

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
    Jilin University)

  • H. Marquardt

    (University of Oxford)

  • A. Mondal

    (Institut für Mineralogie, Corrensstraße 24)

  • M. Nakatsutsumi

    (European XFEL)

  • S. Ninet

    (Sorbonne Université)

  • E. Pace

    (The University of Edinburgh)

  • C. Pepin

    (Laboratoire Matière en Conditions Extrêmes)

  • C. Prescher

    (University of Freiburg)

  • S. Stern

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
    Luruper Hauptstraße 1)

  • J. Sztuk-Dambietz

    (European XFEL)

  • U. Zastrau

    (European XFEL)

  • M. I. McMahon

    (The University of Edinburgh)

Abstract

H2O transforms to two forms of superionic (SI) ice at high pressures and temperatures, which contain highly mobile protons within a solid oxygen sublattice. Yet the stability field of both phases remains debated. Here, we present the results of an ultrafast X-ray heating study utilizing MHz pulse trains produced by the European X-ray Free Electron Laser to create high temperature states of H2O, which were probed using X-ray diffraction during dynamic cooling. We confirm an isostructural transition during heating in the 26-69 GPa range, consistent with the formation of SI-bcc. In contrast to prior work, SI-fcc was observed exclusively above ~50 GPa, despite evidence of melting at lower pressures. The absence of SI-fcc in lower pressure runs is attributed to short heating timescales and the pressure-temperature path induced by the pump-probe heating scheme in which H2O was heated above its melting temperature before the observation of quenched crystalline states, based on the earlier theoretical prediction that SI-bcc nucleates more readily from the fluid than SI-fcc. Our results may have implications for the stability of SI phases in ice-rich planets, for example during dynamic freezing, where the preferential crystallization of SI-bcc may result in distinct physical properties across mantle ice layers.

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  • R. J. Husband & H. P. Liermann & J. D. McHardy & R. S. McWilliams & A. F. Goncharov & V. B. Prakapenka & E. Edmund & S. Chariton & Z. Konôpková & C. Strohm & C. Sanchez-Valle & M. Frost & L. Andriamba, 2024. "Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron laser-heating experiments," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-52505-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52505-0
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