The ammonia‐water phase diagram and its implications for icy satellites
- 10 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 92 (B7) , 6339-6349
- https://doi.org/10.1029/jb092ib07p06339
Abstract
We have used a Holzafpel‐type diamond anvil cell to determine the NH3‐H2O phase diagram in the region from 0 to 33 mol % NH3, 240 to 370 K, and 0 to 5 GPa. The following phases were identified: liquid; water ices Ih, III, V, VI, VII, and VIII; ammonia monohydrate, NH3·H2O; and ammonia dihydrate, NH3·2H2O. Ammonia dihydrate becomes prominent at moderate pressures (less than 1 GPa), with planetologically significant implications, including the possibility of layering in Titan's magma ocean.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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