Clathrate-like Ordering in Liquid Water Induced by Infrared Irradiation
Abstract
X-ray diffraction experiments revealed that when liquid water is exposed to infrared irradiation a solidlike ordering of water molecules is induced. The ordered structure was found to be either of the clathrate hydrates I and II or their mixture. It takes more than 24 h for the ordered structure to return to the original state, as long as it is kept below 278 K.
- Publication:
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004JaJAP..43.1436Y