DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3936.1216. Subliming Ice Surfaces: Freeze-Etch Electron Microscopy

Subliming Ice Surfaces: Freeze-Etch Electron Microscopy

10.1126/science.168.3936.1216

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

Vacuum sublimation of oriented single crystals of ice at temperatures from -110 to -60 degrees Celsius was studied by electron microscopy with the freeze-etch technique. Sublimation etches the ice surface to produce pits and asperities and above -85 degrees Celsius causes extreme surface roughening. The etch pits are ascribed to surface dislocations, and the extreme roughening is ascribed to the departure from unity of the vaporization coefficient. The asperities could not be attributed to impurities; they may be related to the whiskers that others have observed at higher temperatures.

Bibliography

Davy, J. G., & Branton, D. (1970). Subliming Ice Surfaces: Freeze-Etch Electron Microscopy. Science, 168(3936), 1216â1218.

Authors 2

J. Gordon Davy (first)
Daniel Branton (additional)

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Issued	55 years, 2 months ago (June 5, 1970)
Published	55 years, 2 months ago (June 5, 1970)
Published Print	55 years, 2 months ago (June 5, 1970)

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BibTeX

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