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Polymorphic phase transition in liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide.


ABSTRACT: We present experiments on molecular density fluctuations in liquid and supercritical (SC) CO2 using small-angle neutron scattering. Thermal density fluctuations in SC-CO2 determine susceptibility and correlation length identifying the Widom line at their maxima. Droplet formation occurs at the gas-liquid line and between 20 and 60 bar above the Widom line, the corresponding borderline identified as the Frenkel line. The droplets start to form spheres of constant radius of ? 45 Å and transform into rods and globules at higher pressure. Droplet formation represents a liquid-liquid (polymorphic) phase transition of the same composition but different density, whose difference defines its order parameter. Polymorphism in CO2 is a new observation stimulating interesting discussions on the topics of gas-like to liquid-like transition in SC fluids and polymorphism since CO2 represents a "simple" van der Waals liquid in contrast to water, which is the most widely studied liquid showing polymorphism in its supercooled state.

SUBMITTER: Pipich V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7367860 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Polymorphic phase transition in liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide.

Pipich Vitaliy V   Schwahn Dietmar D  

Scientific reports 20200717 1


We present experiments on molecular density fluctuations in liquid and supercritical (SC) CO<sub>2</sub> using small-angle neutron scattering. Thermal density fluctuations in SC-CO<sub>2</sub> determine susceptibility and correlation length identifying the Widom line at their maxima. Droplet formation occurs at the gas-liquid line and between 20 and 60 bar above the Widom line, the corresponding borderline identified as the Frenkel line. The droplets start to form spheres of constant radius of ≈  ...[more]

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