Dynamical Processes at the Ice-Water Interface During Solidification

Abstract The dynamics of the freezing process is studied at the surface of growing ice crystal by means of Rayleigh spectroscopy. Light is scattered quasi-elastically at the interface. The line width is proportional to the square of the scattering vector. For a scattering angle of 90° one measure, a...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Bilgram, J. H., Güttinger, H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1978
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000033669
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000033669
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Summary:Abstract The dynamics of the freezing process is studied at the surface of growing ice crystal by means of Rayleigh spectroscopy. Light is scattered quasi-elastically at the interface. The line width is proportional to the square of the scattering vector. For a scattering angle of 90° one measure, about 2 krad/s. The line width does not depend on the growth rate or thermal gradients at the interface. Light is scattered isotropically, which indicates that the correlation length is small compared with the wavelength of the scattered light. The intensity depends on the growth rate and shows a hysteresis in that dependence; at a minimum growth rate one observes the onset of fluctuations.