Abstract
Solute ionic electrification of the O:H–O bond modulates significantly the critical pressures, temperatures, and gelation times for transiting aqueous solution into solid by dispersing the boundaries of the quasisolid phase. High-pressure in situ Raman spectrometrics revealed that transiting NaX solutions into ice VI and then into ice VII phase requires higher excessive pressures at 298 K temperature. The ΔPC varies in the order of Hofmeister series: X = I > Br > Cl > F ~ 0. Meanwhile, salting stiffens the ωH and elongates the dOO throughout the course of compressure when transiting phase VII to phase X at even higher pressure. Recovering the electrification-shortened H–O bond needs excessive energy for the same sequence of phase transitions. Concentration dependence of the NaI solution indicates a different mechanism from that of solution type but it is similar to heating on the Liquid-VI-VII phase transition dynamics.
• Solvent O:H–O phonon relaxation by electrification mediates the T C for phase transition by dispersing the quasisolid phase boundaries.
• The ΔE L loss depresses the T N for ice/quasisolid transition; the ΔE H gain elevates the T m for liquid/quasisolid transition.
• Liquid/VI, VI/VII, and VII/XI phase transition at constant T C requires excessive ΔP C to recover the electrification-deformed H–O bond; mechanical impulsion raises but ionic electrification depresses the freezing temperature of the quasisolid (supercooled) water by modifying the O:H energy.
• Colloidal gelation at constant T C and P C takes time that follows the Hofmeister series but the concentration dependence is less conclusive because of the involvement of other kinds of ions.
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Sun, C.Q., Sun, Y. (2016). Aqueous Solution Phase Transition. In: The Attribute of Water. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 113. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0180-2_14
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