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While theorized for decades, it was not until the 1990s that the first experimental evidence emerged for superionic water. Initial evidence came from optical measurements of laser-heated water in a diamond anvil cell,<ref name="Goncharov">{{cite journal |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.125508 |title=Dynamic Ionization of Water under Extreme Conditions |first=Alexander F. |last=Goncharov |first2=Nir |last2=Goldman |first3=Laurence E. |last3=Fried |first4=Jonathan C. |last4=Crowhurst |first5=I-Feng W. |last5=Kuo |first6=Christopher J. |last6=Mundy |first7=Joseph M. |last7=Zaug |displayauthors=1 |journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. |volume=94 |pages=125508 |year=2005 }}</ref> and from optical measurements of water shocked by extremely powerful lasers.<ref name="NP-20180205">{{cite journal |author=Millot, Marius |display-authors=etal |title=Experimental evidence for superionic water ice using shock compression |date=5 February 2018 |journal=[[Nature Physics]] |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=297–302 |doi=10.1038/s41567-017-0017-4 |bibcode=2018NatPh..14..297M }}</ref> The first definitive evidence for the crystal structure of the oxygen lattice in superionic water came from x-ray measurements on laser-shocked water which were reported in 2019.<ref name="LLNL_Nature2019"/>
While theorized for decades, it was not until the 1990s that the first experimental evidence emerged for superionic water. Initial evidence came from optical measurements of laser-heated water in a diamond anvil cell,<ref name="Goncharov">{{cite journal |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.125508 |title=Dynamic Ionization of Water under Extreme Conditions |first=Alexander F. |last=Goncharov |first2=Nir |last2=Goldman |first3=Laurence E. |last3=Fried |first4=Jonathan C. |last4=Crowhurst |first5=I-Feng W. |last5=Kuo |first6=Christopher J. |last6=Mundy |first7=Joseph M. |last7=Zaug |displayauthors=1 |journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. |volume=94 |pages=125508 |year=2005 }}</ref> and from optical measurements of water shocked by extremely powerful lasers.<ref name="NP-20180205">{{cite journal |author=Millot, Marius |display-authors=etal |title=Experimental evidence for superionic water ice using shock compression |date=5 February 2018 |journal=[[Nature Physics]] |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=297–302 |doi=10.1038/s41567-017-0017-4 |bibcode=2018NatPh..14..297M }}</ref> The first definitive evidence for the crystal structure of the oxygen lattice in superionic water came from x-ray measurements on laser-shocked water which were reported in 2019.<ref name="LLNL_Nature2019"/>


If it were present on the surface of the [[Earth]], superionic ice would rapidly [[Decompression (physics)|decompress]]. In May 2019, scientists at the [[Laboratory for Laser Energetics]] were able to create superionic ice in a laboratory, confirming it to be almost four times as dense as normal ice and black in color.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valich |first1=Lindsey |title=‘Exotic’ form of ice both solid and liquid |url=https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superionic-ice-solid-liquid-381972/ |publisher=University of Rochester}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sokol |first1=Joshua |title=Black, Hot Ice May Be Nature’s Most Common Form of Water |url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-hot-superionic-ice-may-be-natures-most-common-form-of-water-20190508/ |website=QuantaMagazine |accessdate=5/15/2019}}</ref> Superionic water is theorized to be present in the mantles of giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune.<ref name="NYT-20180205">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=Newly Discovered Form of Water Ice Is ‘Really Strange’ – Long theorized to be found in the mantles of Uranus and Neptune, the confirmation of the existence of superionic ice could lead to the development of new materials. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/superionic-water-neptune-uranus.html |date=5 February 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=5 February 2018 }}</ref><ref name="nature.com">{{cite journal |title=Giant planets may host superionic water |work=Nature |date=22 March 2005 |doi=10.1038/news050321-4 }}</ref>
If it were present on the surface of the [[Earth]], superionic ice would rapidly [[Decompression (physics)|decompress]]. In May 2019, scientists at the [[Laboratory for Laser Energetics]] were able to create superionic ice in a laboratory, confirming it to be almost four times as dense as normal ice and black in color.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valich |first1=Lindsey |title=‘Exotic’ form of ice both solid and liquid |url=https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superionic-ice-solid-liquid-381972/ |publisher=University of Rochester}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sokol |first1=Joshua |title=Black, Hot Ice May Be Nature’s Most Common Form of Water |url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/black-hot-superionic-ice-may-be-natures-most-common-form-of-water-20190508/ |website=QuantaMagazine |accessdate=15 May 2019}}</ref> Superionic water is theorized to be present in the mantles of giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune.<ref name="NYT-20180205">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=Newly Discovered Form of Water Ice Is ‘Really Strange’ – Long theorized to be found in the mantles of Uranus and Neptune, the confirmation of the existence of superionic ice could lead to the development of new materials. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/superionic-water-neptune-uranus.html |date=5 February 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=5 February 2018 }}</ref><ref name="nature.com">{{cite journal |title=Giant planets may host superionic water |work=Nature |date=22 March 2005 |doi=10.1038/news050321-4 }}</ref>


== Properties ==
== Properties ==

Revision as of 03:39, 9 June 2019

Superionic water, also called superionic ice or ice XVIII[1] is a phase of water that exists at extremely high temperatures and pressures. In superionic water, water molecules break apart and the oxygen ions crystallize into an evenly spaced lattice while the hydrogen ions float around freely within the oxygen lattice.[2] The freely mobile hydrogen ions make superionic water almost as conductive as typical metals.[1] Superionic water is distinct from ionic water, which is a hypothetical liquid state characterized by a disordered soup of hydrogen and oxygen ions.

While theorized for decades, it was not until the 1990s that the first experimental evidence emerged for superionic water. Initial evidence came from optical measurements of laser-heated water in a diamond anvil cell,[3] and from optical measurements of water shocked by extremely powerful lasers.[4] The first definitive evidence for the crystal structure of the oxygen lattice in superionic water came from x-ray measurements on laser-shocked water which were reported in 2019.[1]

If it were present on the surface of the Earth, superionic ice would rapidly decompress. In May 2019, scientists at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics were able to create superionic ice in a laboratory, confirming it to be almost four times as dense as normal ice and black in color.[5][6] Superionic water is theorized to be present in the mantles of giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune.[7][8]

Properties

As of 2013 it is theorized that superionic ice can possess two crystalline structures. At pressures in excess of 500,000 bars (7,300,000 psi) it is predicted that superionic ice would take on a body-centered cubic structure. However, at pressures in excess of 1,000,000 bars (15,000,000 psi) it is predicted that the structure would shift to a more stable face-centered cubic lattice.[9]

History of theoretical and experimental evidence

Demontis et al. made the first prediction for superionic water using classical molecular dynamics simulations in 1988.[10] In 1999 Cavazzoni, et al. predicted that such a state would exist for ammonia and water in conditions such as those existing on Uranus and Neptune.[11] In 2005 Laurence Fried led a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California to recreate the formative conditions of superionic water. Using a technique involving smashing water molecules between diamonds and super heating it with lasers they observed frequency shifts which indicated that a phase transition had taken place. The team also created computer models which indicated that they had indeed created superionic water.[8] In 2013 Hugh F. Wilson, Michael L. Wong, and Burkhard Militzer at the University of California, Berkeley published a paper predicting the face-centered cubic lattice structure that would emerge at higher pressures.[9]

Additional experimental evidence was found by Marius Millot and colleagues in 2018 by inducing high pressure on water between diamonds and then shocking the water using a laser pulse.[4][12]

2018/2019 experiments

In 2018 researchers at Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) squeezed water between two pieces of diamond with a pressure of 360,000 psi (25,000 bar). The water was squeezed into type VII ice which is 60 percent denser than normal water.[13]

The compressed ice was then transported to the University of Rochester where it was blasted by a pulse of laser light. The reaction created conditions like those inside of ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune by heating up the ice thousands of degrees under a pressure a million times greater than the earth's atmosphere in only ten to 20 billionths of a second. The experiment concluded that the current in the conductive water was indeed carried by ions rather than electrons and thus pointed to the water being superionic.[13] More recent experiments from the same LLNL/Rochester team used x-ray crystallography on laser-shocked water droplets to determine that the oxygen ions enter a face-centered-cubic phase, which was dubbed ice XVIII and reported in the journal Nature in May 2019.[1]

Existence in ice giants

It is theorized that the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune hold a layer of superionic water.[14] But there are also studies that suggest that other elements present inside the interiors of these planets, particularly carbon, may prevent the formation of superionic water.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Millot, Marius; Coppari, Federica; Rygg, J. Ryan; Correa Barrios, Antonio; Hamel, Sebastien; Swift, Damian C.; Eggert, Jon H. (8 May 2019). "Nanosecond X-ray diffraction of shock-compressed superionic water ice". Nature. 569 (7755): 251–255. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1114-6.
  2. ^ Weird water lurking inside giant planets, New Scientist,01 September 2010, Magazine issue 2776.
  3. ^ Goncharov, Alexander F.; Goldman, Nir; Fried, Laurence E.; Crowhurst, Jonathan C.; Kuo, I-Feng W.; Mundy, Christopher J.; Zaug, Joseph M. (2005). "Dynamic Ionization of Water under Extreme Conditions". Phys. Rev. Lett. 94: 125508. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.125508. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Millot, Marius; et al. (5 February 2018). "Experimental evidence for superionic water ice using shock compression". Nature Physics. 14 (3): 297–302. Bibcode:2018NatPh..14..297M. doi:10.1038/s41567-017-0017-4.
  5. ^ Valich, Lindsey. "'Exotic' form of ice both solid and liquid". University of Rochester.
  6. ^ Sokol, Joshua. "Black, Hot Ice May Be Nature's Most Common Form of Water". QuantaMagazine. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  7. ^ Chang, Kenneth (5 February 2018). "Newly Discovered Form of Water Ice Is 'Really Strange' – Long theorized to be found in the mantles of Uranus and Neptune, the confirmation of the existence of superionic ice could lead to the development of new materials". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Giant planets may host superionic water". Nature. 22 March 2005. doi:10.1038/news050321-4.
  9. ^ a b Phys.org, "New phase of water could dominate the interiors of Uranus and Neptune", Lisa Zyga, 25 April 2013
  10. ^ Demontis, P.; LeSar, R.; Klein, M. L. (1988). "New high-pressure phases of ice". Phys. Rev. Lett. 60 (22): 2284–2287. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.2284. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Cavazzoni, C.; Chiarotti, G. L.; Scandolo, S.; Tosatti, E.; Bernasconi, M.; Parrinello, M. (1999). "Superionic and Metallic States of Water and Ammonia at Giant Planet Conditions". Science. 283 (5398): 44–46. doi:10.1126/science.283.5398.44. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Sokol, Joshua (12 May 2019). "A Bizarre Form of Water May Exist All Over the Universe". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  13. ^ a b Chang, Kenneth (5 February 2018). "New Form of Water, Both Liquid and Solid, Is 'Really Strange'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  14. ^ Charlie Osolin. "Public Affairs Office: Recreating the Bizarre State of Water Found on Giant Planets". Llnl.gov. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  15. ^ Chau, Ricky; Hamel, Sebastien; Nellis, William J. (2011). "Chemical processes in the deep interior of Uranus". Nat. Commun. 2. Article number: 203. doi:10.1038/ncomms1198.
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