EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES AND A NEW MODEL OF THE WORKMAN-REYNOLDS FREEZING POTENTIAL OF WATER
A.V. Shavlov1, A.A. Yakovenko2, E.S. Yakovenko2
1Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen Science Centre SB RAS, Malygina str. 86, Tyumen, 625026, Russia
2Tyumen Industrial University, Volodarskogo str. 38, Tyumen, 625000, Russia
Keywords: Workman-Reynolds freezing potential, crystallization rate, melting, proton, interstice, electrical breakdown
Abstract
New experimental data have been obtained on the Workman-Reynolds freezing potential of water and the electric current from an external source through the ice melting front. A new model of the phenomenon is proposed, which takes into account the capture of protons and hydroxide ions by interstices of the ice lattice acting as charge traps. The model provides a semi-quantitative explanation of the observed features of the phenomenon.
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