Abstract
The nature of protons in ice VII up to 368 °C and 16 GPa was investigated with synchrotron near-infrared spectroscopy. The absorption band of the first OH stretching overtone mode divided into doublet peaks above 5 GPa at room temperature, suggesting that proton tunneling occurs at the overtone level. As the temperature increased, the doublet peaks gradually reduced to a singlet. This result implies that thermally activated protons hop between the two potential minima along the oxygen-oxygen axis. A pressure-temperature diagram for the proton state was constructed from the changing band shape of the overtone mode.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 509-513 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy |
Volume | 133 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 10 2014 |
Keywords
- High pressure and high temperature
- Ice
- Near-infrared spectroscopy
- Proton hopping
- Proton tunneling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Instrumentation
- Spectroscopy