Preparation of Amorphous Solid Water

  1. David S. Olander* and
  2. Stuart A. Rice
  1. Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
  2. The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Abstract

A method of preparation of solid amorphous water is reported, along with a demonstration of the absence of crystalline ice. The samples described are the first to be completely free of contamination with crystalline ice.

Footnotes

  • * Present address: School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

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