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Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2017 Volume 43, Issue 8, Pages 34–40 (Mi pjtf5938)

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Experimental proof of the existence of a Widom line based on peculiarities of the behavior of hydrogen in nanoporous silicate at -45$^\circ$C and atmospheric pressure

G. S. Bordonskii, A. A. Gurulev

Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Chita, Russia

Abstract: We have experimentally studied the thermal and microwave properties of a nanoporous medium (silica gel) with hydrogen-filled pores. On cooling down to about -45$^\circ$C at atmospheric pressure, the system exhibited chemical transformations, a first-order phase transition with heat evolution, and a sharp change in the power of microwave radiation at 34 GHz transmitted through a sample. It is concluded that this point on the phase diagram corresponds to a point on the Widom line featuring sharp increase in fluctuations of the entropy and density of supercooled water formed during hydrogen interaction with the surface of pores in silica gel. These results confirm the existence of a second critical point of water, from which the Widom line originates.

Received: 19.05.2016

DOI: 10.21883/PJTF.2017.08.44532.16338


 English version:
Technical Physics Letters, 2017, 43:4, 380–382

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