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Neutron diffraction studies of the structure of water at ambient temperatures, revisited [a review of past developments and current problems]

Dore, John C., Garawi, M., Bellissent-Funel, Marie-Claire (2004) Neutron diffraction studies of the structure of water at ambient temperatures, revisited [a review of past developments and current problems]. Molecular Physics, 102 (19-20). pp. 2015-2035. ISSN 0026-8976. (doi:10.1080/00268970412331292849) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:13362)

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Abstract

Neutron diffraction techniques used in the study of the structural characteristics of liquid water under ambient conditions are reviewed, showing the way that developments in the experimental and analytic procedures have led to improvements in the extracted results. The three partial pair correlation functions (OH, HH and OO) can be isolated from a set of diffraction measurements with varying hydrogen/deuterium isotopic composition. Although isotopic substitution is used routinely in many other investigations there are particular difficulties with hydrogenous systems due to the high incoherent scattering from hydrogen and the possibility that the H/D substitution is not a true isomorphic replacement. These features are discussed in some detail to analyse the systematic errors and the precision of the final results. An additional aspect of the comparison of data taken by different groups concerns the use of either reactor or pulsed neutron methods. Studies using the Orphee reactor with an over-determined set of five datasets are considered in detail, using analytic correction procedures based on the Powles formalism. Various consistency checks are applied to the data such that smoothing or iteration routines are not required. Two independent sets of the OD and DD pair correlation functions are obtained and are compared with the latest results from Soper et al. The small discrepancies between the various datasets are discussed in terms of propagating systematic errors and also possible variations from H/D equivalence. The relevance of the new results for the interpretation and modelling of ambient water structure are presented and the review ends with a brief comment on likely future developments that incorporate additional experimental information.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/00268970412331292849
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Maggie Francis
Date Deposited: 29 May 2009 06:41 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:51 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/13362 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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