Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-8-2000

Publication Title

Journal of Glaciology

Department

Thayer School of Engineering

Abstract

Ice single crystals of various orientations containing various concentrations of H2SO4 up to 11.5 ppm were cut from large pucks of laboratory-grown ice. Constant-strain-rate compression tests were performed on the doped ice crystals both at −20°C at an axial strain rate of 1 × 10−5 s−1 and at −10°C at 1 × 106 s−1. The stress–strain curves showed a linearly rising stress with increasing strain, followed by a sharply declining stress after reaching a peak. With further strain, the sharp decline in stress slowed. The tests clearly showed, for the first time, that this naturally occurring impurity dramatically decreases both the peak stress and the subsequent flow stress of ice single crystals. The decrease in the peak strength was related to the square root of the concentration of H2SO4 up to 11.5 ppm, suggesting that the solubility limit of H2SO4 in ice is at least 11.5 ppm. The sulfuric acid also appeared to increase the ductility of the ice. Preliminary examination of a doped ice single crystal by synchrotron X-ray topography suggested that sulfuric acid dramatically increases the grown-in dislocation density.

DOI

10.3189/172756500781832819

Original Citation

Trickett, Y., Baker, I., & Pradhan, P. (2000). The effects of sulfuric acid on the mechanical properties of ice single crystals. Journal of Glaciology, 46(153), 239-243. doi:10.3189/172756500781832819

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