Completely New Kind of Water Molecule Found at Minus 451 Fahrenheit
The interactions of water with the surrounding rock ore deposits create geothermal energy and mineral deposits. The properties of water and other fluids change when they are confined in very small pores. In analyzing the properties of water molecules confined inside an emerald at extremely low temperature (about 5 K or -451 Fahrenheit), scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that individual molecules undergo a transition, essentially existing simultaneously as six copies of itself, each of which is, in a sense, 1/6 “present.”
Courtesy of ORNL/Jeff Scovil.
The Impact
The revelation of this tunneling state of water will enable scientists to better describe the thermodynamic properties and behavior of water in highly confined environments. Knowledge of the temperature dependence of the scattering signal serves as an important constraint on theoretical calculations of the H2O-H12/6O transition at very low temperature. Knowledge of the details of this transformation can then be used to make more accurate predictions of water diffusion and transport in higher temperature systems such as in the channels of cell membranes, in carbon nanotubes, and along grain boundaries and at mineral interfaces in a variety of geological environments.
Summary
The interactions of water with the surrounding rock matrix are responsible for geothermal energy, the formation of many ore deposits, and a number of other important geological processes. In many such systems, water may be present as no more than an ultrathin film along the boundaries between the mineral grains making up the rock. Highly confined water is also present inside nanometer-sized channels present in the crystalline structures of some types of minerals and gems, where the atomic environment is much more regular and easier to characterize than in complex grain boundaries.
Funding
This material is primarily based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. The neutron scattering experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source were sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Scientific User Facilities Division. The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory provided access to neutron beam facilities. N.C. also gratefully acknowledges research support from the University of Washington (DOE/UW Grants No. 4000127504, No. 6400012674; No. 66-1283).
Contacts and sources:
Department of Energy, Office of Science
Citation: A.I. Kolesnikov, G.F. Reiter, N. Choudhury, T.R. Prisk, E. Mamontov, A. Podlesnyak, G. Ehlers, A.G. Seel, D.J. Wesolowski, and L.M. Anovitz, “Quantum tunneling of water in beryl: A new state of the water molecule.” Physical Review Letters 116, 167802 (2016). [DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.167802]
Source: http://www.ineffableisland.com/2017/01/completely-new-kind-of-water-molecule.html
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