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Nucleation and Surface Melting of Ice

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Ice Physics and the Natural Environment

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASII,volume 56))

Abstract

The freezing of water and the melting of ice, phenomena that are extraordinarily familiar from the world around, are only poorly understood at a molecular level. Like all liquids, water can be undercooled without freezing; like most solids, ice cannot be superheated to a significant extent. The dynamics of these phase transitions, and what they tell about the molecular level structure of interfaces and critical nuclei, is revealed by experiment, computer simulation, and theory. In some regards, water resembles simpler liquids in the kinetics of its changes of state, but in others it is quite different. This chapter explores the microscopic dynamics of freezing and melting, with particular emphasis on the water-ice system.

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  1. James Franck Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA

    David W. Oxtoby

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  1. Applied Physics Laboratory and Department of Physics, University of Washington, 98105-5640, Seattle, Washington, USA

    John S. Wettlaufer

  2. Department of Physics, University of Washington, 98105-1560, Seattle, Washington, USA

    J. Gregory Dash

  3. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 98105-1640, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Norbert Untersteiner

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Oxtoby, D.W. (1999). Nucleation and Surface Melting of Ice. In: Wettlaufer, J.S., Dash, J.G., Untersteiner, N. (eds) Ice Physics and the Natural Environment. NATO ASI Series, vol 56. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60030-2_3

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