Phase transition of an ice-proton system into Bernal-Fowler stateстатья
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Аннотация:We present a microscopic model of an ice-proton system. A mean-field approximation was used to study the disorder-partial order transition in the proton subsystem of ice. This analysis revealed that ice rules arise as a result of the second-order phase transition. From the theoretical point of view, above the phase-transition temperature the protons should be distributed over all possible positions without any restrictions. However, in real ice under zero pressure the disordering of the proton lattice apparently leads to ice melting. We also derived the Landau-Ginzburg equation suitable for the model under consideration and showed that the theories based on ice rules must be modified when one is working in the region of the critical temperature.