Freezing water containing salts is believed to produce pure ice and a salt hydrate. Neutron-diffraction measurements of the ice phase obtained by recrystallizing the glassy state of LiCl salt solution at high pressure suggests something different. The data reveal an ‘alloyed’ ice VII structure incorporating Li and Cl ions.
- Stefan Klotz
- Livia E. Bove
- Antonino M. Saitta