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Preferred crystallographic orientation in the ice I ← II transformation and the flow of ice II

January 1, 1997

The preferred crystallographic orientation developed during the ice I ← II transformation and during the plastic flow of ice II was measured in polycrystalline deuterium oxide (D2O) specimens using low-temperature neutron diffraction. Samples partially transformed from ice I to II under a non-hydrostatic stress developed a preferred crystallographic orientation in the ice II. Samples of pure ice II transformed from ice I under a hydrostatic stress and then when compressed axially, developed a strong preferred orientation of compression axes parallel to (1010). A match to the observed preferred orientation using the viscoplastic self-consistent theory was obtained only when (1010) [0001] was taken as the predominant slip system in ice II.

Publication Year 1997
Title Preferred crystallographic orientation in the ice I ← II transformation and the flow of ice II
DOI 10.1080/01418619708209983
Authors K. Bennett, H.-R. Wenk, W.B. Durham, L.A. Stern, S.H. Kirby
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Philosophical Magazine A: Physics of Condensed Matter, Structure, Defects and Mechanical Properties
Index ID 70019619
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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