Phase transition of ice precipitated in an aqueous ionic glassy matrix

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Abstract
In an easily forming glass aqueous electrolyte, an ice precipitation appears, that is variable with water to salt mole-ratio R. We here describe the 1 c → 1 h phase transition. The initial conditions of these transitions are small crystallites, a condensed form of water, with size varying from clusters to 250 Å. The transition to 1 h can be considered as healing of the 1h faults, which is accompanied by an apparent weakening of the cubic structure due to symmetry loss. Order parameter and specific effects, such as branching, are postulated in this growth which appears as a random walk in an ultrametric space.