Guest disorder and high pressure behavior of argon hydrates

  • L. Yang
  • , C. A. Tulk
  • , D. D. Klug
  • , B. C. Chakoumakos
  • , L. Ehm
  • , J. J. Molaison
  • , J. B. Parise
  • , J. M. Simonson

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Abstract

The structure of argon hydrate was studied at ambient pressure and low temperature, and between 1.7 and 4.2 GPa at 295 K. This analysis produced a single Ar guest atom, positionally disordered off-center in the large cages of sII. Above 1.7 GPa Ar clathrate transformed to a mixture of a body-centered orthorhombic filled-ice phase, which can be viewed as a polytype of ice-Ih, and high pressure forms of pure ice. The guest disorder is further substantiated by analysis of the guest to host ratio in this high pressure filled-ice structure. The bulk modulus of Ar filled-ice found to be 11.7 ± 0.4 GPa.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)104-109
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume485
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 18 2010

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